By 2030, we want to see 30% of land and sea protected and well managed for nature.  To help achieve this ambitious goal, we want to increase the area of land we manage.

Our purchase of 50 acres at Saltersford Farm in 2021 was just the beginning.

We have been looking at sites which are currently of little benefit to nature and where there’s potential to create new habitats and  connect with other wildlife havens.

It's difficult to find suitable land to buy at the right price in Cheshire. If you know of an area of land which might be appropriate, or know of anybody looking to sell land in Cheshire, please do let us know. Email wildnetwork@cheshirewt.org.uk 

By buying and restoring land that is nature-depleted we have an opportunity to make a huge difference for local wildlife.

Please help us buy more land to help bring wildlife back.

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To make a difference to nature's decline, we must be ambitious. This will be the largest land purchase Cheshire Wildlife Trust has ever embarked on. It is urgently needed if we are to address the nature and climate emergency. 

This is a massive challenge and everyone can help. To buy our new nature reserve, we estimate that we need to raise around £1m this year. 

We are looking for major donors, corporate sponsors and funders. We are also exploring innovative funding mechanisms like biodiversity net gain and carbon offsetting.

We're inviting local businesses to invest in nature by helping buy and rewild patches of land.

Find out more

If you'd like to talk to us about corporate sponsorship or other ways to help us buy our new nature reserve, please contact Jo Darlington.

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- Your £20 donation will help buy a 3mx3m square. 

- Your £65 donation will help buy a 3mx3m square and support rewilding the land.

For each donation you will be allocated a 3mx3m square. You can help buy and rewild as many squares as you wish. 

When we purchase the land, you’ll receive a digital certificate with the unique location of your patch. You can also name your patch to remember something or someone special. You will receive one certificate per donation.

Making a donation

Help buy 3mx3m

You can help buy as many 3mx3m squares as you wish. For example:

£20 - one square

£40 - two squares

£60 - three squares

The size of your patch will be rounded down to the nearest £20 square. For example, for a donation of £30 you will be allocated one 3mx3m square.

Help buy 3mx3m 

Help buy and rewild 3mx3m

You can help buy and rewild as many 3mx3m squares as you wish. For example:

£65 - help buy and rewild one square

£130 - help buy and rewild two squares

£195 - help buy and rewild three squares

The size of your patch will be rounded down to the nearest £65 square. For example, for a donation of £80 you will be allocated one 3mx3m square.

 Help buy & rewild 3mx3m

As we’re still fundraising, we don’t yet have the nature reserve.

As soon as we have the funds required, we will purchase a suitable site to bring wildlife back. Once the new nature reserve is in our ownership, we will then be able to map the site for 3mx3m squares. Once we have the map, we will then be able to allocate you your unique location before issuing your certificate. 

Certificates will be issued via email. However, if you do not have an email address you can either provide us with an email to issue the certificate to, or we can print and post the letter to you. 

We cannot yet give a timeline, however we will do this as soon as we possibly can. 

Help buy 3mx3m Help buy & rewild 3mx3m

To make a real difference to nature’s decline, we must be ambitious. This will be the largest land purchase Cheshire Wildlife Trust has ever embarked on. It is urgently needed if we are to address the nature and climate emergencies.  

We have been busy looking at all the options of land for sale within the region.

In summer 2022, we thought we had found a site. We were excited that things appeared to be coming together. Unfortunately, just like buying a house, lots of things can happen along the way when purchasing land. The purchase of this preferred site fell through at the last minute in September, which we incredibly disappointed about. Since then, we’ve assessed several sites from those on the market and identified two that were suitable. Unfortunately, the first owner decided to take their land off the market. We were able to submit an offer for the second site, however we were outbid by someone prepared to pay significantly above and beyond Cheshire’s market value. 

This is incredibly frustrating but rest assured we are unwavering in our mission to find a place where your patch can be turned into a wildlife haven.

However – nothing worth having comes easy. We knew we were always going to have to work incredibly hard to make this dream a reality. 

It's difficult to find suitable land to buy at the right price in Cheshire. If you know of an area of land which might be appropriate, or know of anybody looking to sell land in Cheshire, please do let us know. Email wildnetwork@cheshirewt.org.uk 

The generous donations to our appeal put us in an ever-stronger position to act quickly when we find the perfect opportunity. Like you we want to secure a site as soon as possible so that we can confirm the locations of all the patches dedicated this year and, very importantly, begin work on bringing more wildlife back to Cheshire. 

We are continuing to fundraise towards our £200,000 target and will keep you updated at every step of the way.

This will be the largest land purchase Cheshire Wildlife Trust has ever embarked on. We always knew we were going to have to work incredibly hard to find a 100-acre nature reserve that offers the biggest benefit to local wildlife. The generous donations to our appeal put us in an ever-stronger position to act quickly when we find the perfect opportunity. While we continue to fundraise and find a suitable site, all the appeal donations are kept in a dedicated fund until we need to use the money to buy and rewild our new nature reserve.

If we are able to acquire the land without purchase, donations will be used to rewild the site.

We are calling for at least 30% of our land and sea to be connected, protected and managed for nature’s recovery by 2030 – a Nature Recovery Network.

We estimate around 22% of Cheshire, Halton, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Warrington and Wirral’s land is good for nature. To reach 30% we must double our woodlands, restore all drained peatlands, triple our wetlands and create 10,000 football pitches worth of species-rich grasslands.

We will play a key role by growing our work with landowners and communities. We’ll continue to look after existing nature reserves, but also want to double the amount of land in our protection to 2,500 acres by 2030.

To make a difference to nature’s decline, we must be ambitious. This will be the largest land purchase Cheshire Wildlife Trust has ever embarked on. It is urgently needed if we are to address the nature and climate emergency.

However we need your help. Please donate today.

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