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Litter Pick

09.01.26

Thanks to everyone who took part in our first event of 2026. As you can see a lot of litter was picked up across the site by our lovely volunteers who turned out on a sunny but chilly Sunday morning. Hell Wath is much tidier as a result of your...

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Become A Trustee

15.12.25

Do You love Hell Wath ? The Friends of Hell Wath are looking for someone to become a Trustee - could it be you ? You could become one of the five Trustees who run our charity and help safeguard the future of Hell Wath for nature and people. If...

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Fungi Finds

20.11.25

Thanks to Dawn Madeley for sending these beautiful pictures of fungi found on Hell Wath. Featured above is Flammulina velutipes, known as Velvet shanks Peziza sp Ramaria stricta Bjerkandra adjustingSmokey bracket Bolbitius titubansYellow Fieldcap

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Archaeological Digs

25.07.25

Thanks to the Ripon History and Archaeology Tribe (RHATS) and FOHW volunteers for undertaking a number of archaeological digs on Hell Wath. There have been some interesting finds from the medieval to the military era. These will now been cleaned up and prepared for display at future events.

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Visit To Foxglove Covert

18.06.25

With transport kindly funded by the Skell Valley Project, a small group of FOHW volunteers undertook a site visit to the nature reserve at Foxglove Covert, Catterick. Foxglove Covert was one of the Plantlife UK project sites, a project set up to establish and/or improve woodland meadows within existing community...

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M A G Site Walk Notes

18.06.25

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New Riverside Bench

25.04.25

Where two concrete stumps once stood, there is now a beautiful new oak bench where visitors can stop awhile to enjoy the woodland and riverside setting. The creation of this lovely bench was made possible by a grant received from Ripon City Council. Our thanks to Ken Jacquiery of Kiwi...

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Update - Woodmeadow Project

25.04.25

We now have two enclosures set up on grassland areas of Hell Wath. We are grateful to Ripon City Council and Plantlife for funding the materials and to the Skell Valley and FOHW volunteers who worked hard over several sessions to install the rabbit proof fencing. Working with Plantlife, FOHW...

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