by admin | Feb 25, 2025 | News
This article in the i newspaper from 23 February 2025 highlights the parallels between the campaign to save Middlewick Ranges in Essex (also acid grassland on MoD land) and the campaign to save Old Park & Chequers Wood in Kent The Essex wildlife site where locals...
by admin | Feb 19, 2025 | News
This short 360º video, taken from a drone above Fordwich, shows the ecological connectivity between the Stodmarsh National Nature Reserve / International Wetland Site and the Old Park & Chequers Wood Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). There are...
by admin | Feb 19, 2025 | News, Publications
If you are able to do so, please send in your evidence statement demonstrating recreational usage of the MoD land on Old Park in the recent past (2020 onwards) to support our application to Canterbury City Council to have the site designated as an Asset of Community...
by admin | Feb 14, 2025 | News, Press
This week our campaign was featured on the front page of the KM Gazette! You can read a snippet of the article below, and the entire piece here » A campaign has been launched to protect a “hidden gem” from development after the Ministry of Defence (MOD) put it on the...
by admin | Feb 14, 2025 | News, Press
After years of hard campaigning, congratulations to the Save Middlewick Ranges campaign for persuading Colchester City Council to propose the removal of the site from its Local Plan. This is a huge step forward and a huge achievement. In many ways, the Save Middlewick...
by admin | Feb 14, 2025 | News, Newsletter
Below is a copy of our email newsletter. If you would like to subscribe and recieve future editions to your email inbox, please visit our contact page and add your details. Contact Page » February 2025 Newsletter - Friends of Old Park & Chequers Wood February...
