Rewilding Stockport

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Taking action for nature in Stockport

Rewilding Stockport

Do you want a Stockport that buzzes with nature? A Stockport that has beautiful outdoor spaces for everyone to enjoy? A Stockport where people from different communities, businesses, schools and individuals work together to make it happen? Stockport needs you to rewild our already brilliant town into a community nature reserve.

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What is Rewilding Stockport?

Rewilding Stockport is a two-year project delivered by Cheshire Wildlife Trust and funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. We are looking to create a thousand spaces for nature across Stockport over the next two years, but we can’t do it without you! 

Rewilding stockport brochure

Do you want to plant wildflower seeds, make a hedgehog hole, put up a swift box or transform a wasted space? Check out our downloadable brochure for tips on all this and more! It's your indispencable making your neighbourhood more wild!

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What will we be doing?

Rewilding Stockport is about empowering residents like you to turn Stockport into a community-based nature reserve: a mosaic of 1,000 new spaces for wildlife and people, embedding nature into the fabric of our town. We want you to use, enjoy, improve, and reclaim your local green spaces. 

What is a community nature reserve?

A community nature reserve isn’t any old nature reserve – it isn’t just one space. It is a diverse mosaic of green spaces that provide homes for our wild plants and animals, like wildflowers, birds and hedgehogs, whilst making local people feel happier and healthier. It's a network of window boxes, balconies, gardens, parks, road verges and school grounds, where people are welcoming wildlife into their outdoor space. Put together these spaces are transforming Stockport into a thriving urban wildlife haven - that's a community nature reserve!

How can I be part of it?

To be a part of our Stockport community nature reserve, you simply need to dedicate a space for wildlife and let us know what you've done by pinning on the map below.

Examples include pollinator-friendly plants, swift boxes, hedgehog houses, hedgehog tunnels between neighbour’s fences, wildlife ponds and insect houses. For more inspiration on ways you could help wildlife, check out our actions page here.  

We also encourage local people to allocate space in their gardens for re-wilding. That means simply leaving part of their garden, or allotment or any greenspace they help manage to grow wild. 

Have you received some wildflower seeds from the Rewilding Stockport team? 
If not, get in touch with Eve Taylor - Etaylor@cheshirewt.org.uk to find out how to collect your free seeds.
Once you receive your seeds, click here for the instructions on how to plant them.

Come and see us!

The Stockport team are based at Heaton Norris Park most Fridays from 9am-12pm.
If you have any questions about our project, or would like some advice on how to get involved or improve your space for wildlife, then drop us a message to book a meeting with the team. 

Where to find the hub:
Heaton Norris Park is just off the A6, it is a 15 minute walk from Stockport train station and Stockport bus station. If coming by car, there is a parking available on Love Lane. We are based in the park pavilion building, opposite the Love Lane park entrance.

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Help take action for hedgehogs and swifts

We are asking you to report your hedgehog and swift sightings, or tell us if you have hedgehog holes or swift boxes in your garden or community space. By working together, we can create more holes, put up more boxes and support more vulnerable species living in your area!

To let us know, click the link and fill out our quick survey. We'll be in touch with ways you can help protect hedgehogs and swifts were you live. 

This project is not possible without YOU!

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