Wildlife Memorial Walk Maintenance Work

Jo Garner is organizing this fundraiser.

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Along this three mile walk there are 12 plaques in honoured and grateful memory for the Norley men who gave their lives in the Great War. In season, you’ll also see many flowers and often butterflies and bees pollinating them. An enjoyable albeit thoughtful 2 hour ramble around our beautiful village, it’s often rather muddy in places so you’ll need sensible shoes/boots.

In the eight years since the walk’s inception the hoped for benefits for the village have been more than realised:-

Recognition of the sacrifice the men made and restoring an environment which would have been dear to them
Improved sense of community by bringing people of all ages to work together and of the ownership of hitherto unregarded uncultivated places
An increase in “healthy” walking and providing an opportunity for people to stand and stare and appreciate the beauty of wild flowers and wildlife
An improvement in keeping the village free from litter
Improvement in biodiversity from more opportunities for pollinating insects, and focus on their essential needs
Help to change land management to improve pollinators’ access to habitat and essential resources such as road verges joining all the “Plaque dots” along the walk
Provide educational opportunities such as making bee/nest/bat boxes and the gathering, and sowing of seed
And last but certainly not least – providing additional customers for the businesses in Norley, the route goes past the Tigers Head, The Stores the Fortune Palace and The Carriers.

The plaques are now in need of maintenance so future visitors can enjoy the walk. We would like to replace the artwork, add QR codes so visitors can link directly to our online information about the walk, plus replace damaged woodwork.

We would be really grateful for your help raising the funds to pay for this walk, so our beautiful village of Norley is maintained and our wildlife is supported for future generations.