January 18, 2013
Snow Steps Westley Vale, Acocks Green
Whoooo! In Westley Vale
An icy Grand Union Canal
Vineries Bridge 1793
Sledging fun in Westley Vale
Snowy Path. Thanks to Ann Clarke for this beautiful picture
Path from Vineries Bridge
Thanks to David Treadwell and Ann Clarke for some good photos capturing ‘The Big Freeze’ of January 2013. Get in touch if you would like some of your snowy photos of Acocks Green to be added.
September 11, 2012
This Saturday Acocks Green welcomes the third Farmers Market in Acocks Green. There will be some of our favourite stalls as well as an Autumn Funday, dancing and music.
Shoppers at Acocks Green’s first Farmers Market, Summer 2012
The Farmers Market takes place on the third Saturday of every month on the service road on Warwick Road, opposite Holy Souls Church. Come along and support our village and enjoy some delicious local treats.
March 30, 2011
On Saturday 19th March the Trustees and over twenty volunteers had a very successful tree planting and clean up on the site. The Trust had successfully applied for young trees from The Woodland Trust and BCTV as part of a countrywide initiative to plant more trees throughout the UK.
The weather was extremely kind to the gardeners as it was a glorious sunny morning and the volunteers – including a large group from our local 260th Scout Group – managed to plant over 100 young saplings on the Millennium Green. The young trees comprised a mixture of oak, rowan, wild cherry, beech, silver birch and hawthorn.
The Trustees would like to thank all the helpers for their hard work and continued commitment in keeping our local beauty spot clean and tidy for all the local residents to enjoy.
January 1, 2011
The Westley Vale Millennium Green celebrates 10 years on Saturday at The Avenue gate. Amazingly it has grown in every sense of the word – natural greenery abounds which is kept in check by volunteers from the community.
Westley Vale Gates. The Avenue based on drawings by children from Cottesbrooke Infants School
In keeping with the green theme we have asked the Lord Mayor to plant a tree and the local Pagan Group to give the site a blessing ritual followed by some wassailing which everyone can in with. Fire Juggling will provide more entertainment. To keep out the cold the Scouts are selling hot drinks and food. The event will end with a candle lit procession around the Green.
Come along and help celebrate the Millennium Green’s continuing existence as a green open space maintained and used by the local community.
October 30, 2010
Thanks to all those who joined in at the Westley Vale Clean-Up on Saturday 16th October. Lots of locals took part including Fox Hollies Scout Group.
Tea Break for the Volunteers
The sun shone and workers cleared path edges, pruned, lay woodchip and planted bulbs.
Scouts and Volunteers at the Westley Vale Millennium Green Autumn Clean Up
Autumn is a great time to enjoy the changing colours and appreciate our treasured open space.
August 16, 2010
This time of year is great to get out and enjoy the great outdoors. Surprisingly Birmingham offers huge swathes of open space for us to enjoy – our area is no exception. As well as the canal and the delightful Westley Vale Millennium Green there are other gems of greenery. For example this wide open space in our patch. Do you recognise it?
Thanks to Mark Hewson for the right answer – this pleasant piece of outdoors is beside the Grand Union Canal and next to Cambridge Way and is called Oak Meadow. We are looking for more mystery photos of the area. Why not send them in to the site and we can try and guess where they might be.
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