Making Marple Better Together
Greening, Biodiversity and Climate
Greater Manchester Nature Recovery Strategy (Jan 2025)
This important strategy is in development. Thev public consultation closes 31st January but information about the strategy can be found here.
Where have all the mink gone? (Jan 2025)
An update on the progress of campaigns to eradicate non-native mink whch are affecting birds and wildlife can be found here.
The trouble with mink
Local concerned resdient Garry Ferguson has observed the decline in birds and wildlife along the Marple stretches of the canals due to mink predation. Garry and his wife Gill have been very active in trying to find solutions to the problem and have started a project to eradicate this non-native species. Find out more about this here...
A War on the Motorist? What’s driving Traffic Policy in Marple?
Our sustainability lead, Greg Pike, gives the background to some decisions on traffic that may mystify some, and a personal opinion as to what he feels we need to take into account.
Read the detail here...
A community woodland for Memorial Park?
Last year the Civic Society talked to SMBC and the Friends of the Marple Memorial Park about creating an area of natural woodland within Memorial Park that could easily be enjoyed by everyone. A recent meeting with the Council and the Leisure and Community Hub Project Team has moved this idea forward significantly. Read more here...
A Greener Marple
For a couple of years now we have been wanting to develop a project that would see more trees planted across Marple. As conversations developed both locally and with groups like Cheshire Wildlife Trust, it has become clear that our plans should expand to look at all aspects of green-space improvement and nature recovery.
Read more about how things are progressing here.
Biodiversity in Towns
There is so much evidence that if a town is made more bio-diverse and contains more green space it improves things for everyone. "People’s health and well-being is improved by ensuring there are easily accessible wildlife-rich natural spaces where they live and work" say the UK Wildlife Trusts
