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July 2026

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Annual General Meeting - Monday July 13th at 7pm Noakes Grove

Click to read the agenda and associated documents.

https://walden-countryside.co.uk/agm-26-documents.pdf

Five miles of Walden Countryside

Fourteen members of our Wild Child group walked from Scotch Patch orchard to our Noakes Grove Nature Reserve along paths most of which are designated as Local Wildlife Sites (LoWS).

This is a really good country walk - five miles through some of the nicest countryside.

  • Start at Noakes Grove
  • Sewards End Water Tower
  • Byway to Frogs Green
  • Frogs Green byway to Cole End Farm
  • Wimbish Lanes Local Wildlife Site: Adcocks Lane and Wimbish Chase
  • Mill Road - cross road
  • Footpath to Bush Croft (Local Wildlife Site - woodland)
  • Footpath to Ellis Green Common and Scotch Patch. Scotch Patch is part of the Ellis Green Common - the main part is managed by the Wimbish Parish Council.

One way footpath walks have one problem - how do you get back to your car? Either a friend rescues you by car or you use a bus. Buses 320/321 run to Sewards End village hall from Saffron Walden or Radwinter / Hempsted. Buses 313/314 run to the Wimbish Ellis Green turn off from Saffron Walden or Thaxted.

 

bridge-walk

The bridge across the River Pant

 

olivia on walk

Adcocks Lane

girls on walk

The Chase

 

group walkers

The whole tribe reached Sewards End

wimbish lanes

This map show the Ellis Green Local Wildlife site in Wimbish. At the south end is our Scotch Patch orchard and all the rest is common land managed by the parish council. Recently we have been able to pasture some of our sheep on the common.

There are over 140 Local Wildlife Sites in the parishes which make up the Walden Countryside.If you would like to know which are close to your home click your parish,

 

Work Party at Noakes Grove

Sunday 19th July

Tea/Coffee/Biscuits. Bring your own lunch

10am to 3pm - come when you like

This month's tasks will include some repair work on gateposts and buildings plus some clearing of paths through the scrub.

Our work parties do a marvelous job of habitat management work, maintaining a great variety of wildflower grasslands and wildlife rich woodland, scrub and paths.

Would you like to be added to our Work Party WhatsApp group? You would get full details the planned work and any last-minute information - contact via WhatsApp - 07 583 076 790

 

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Trading as Walden Countryside

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Updated 23 June 2026