Rhead’s Meadows

New Benches on Rhead’s meadows – a lovely place to sit in the sunshine.

Orchard Planting by Cheshire Wildlife Trust

North Meadow now has a new Laurel hedge, kindly paid for by one of the residents from Blackfirs Lane.  

First delivery of trees and plants from AP Matthews for Rheads Meadow – planting has started!  

Exciting news! The wildflower meadows have now been seeded by Hannah from Cheshire Wildlife Trust from seeds harvested this year. We look forward to watching the results…

The photos below show the tractor and plough arriving on site at 10.30 a.m. today – Tuesday the 1st September – the first step in creating the soft-landscaping. It looks like being a busy autumn – let’s hope the weather is as kind to us as it is today. The next step will be rotavating the …

Rhead’s Meadow: Wildflower Meadows Start with Deep Ploughing Read More »

We were pleased to be able to show you the progress the parish council is making with our principal project – Rhead’s Meadows Nature Park. You were able to walk the footpaths we have built though the 9 acres of former farmland and see the areas in which we hope to deliver wildflower meadows, long …

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We are approaching a busy period for the development of the Meadows and I write to update you regarding our plans and to ask for your assistance. Please see the latest plan. Wildflower & Grassland Meadows The grass has been cut in both meadows and taken as hay which will now enable us to prepare …

Rhead’s Meadows: Newsletter August 2020 Read More »

Just an update on the progress at Rhead’s Meadow, our contractors have now finished the pathways and left site on Friday. The site is not officially open since there is still a lot of work to do but it is an open site and we are not taking any steps at this time to prevent …

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