• Upcoming Events!

    Sunday 28th May 2023 Let’s Explore Heaton Mersey! (1.5 mile circular guided walk and refreshments) FREE 2.00 – 4.30 HMVCG has a defined Heritage Trail which touches on key points […]

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  • A Stroll With Nature

    At Mersey Vale Nature Park, Heaton Mersey This stroll includes photos taken along the footpath starting from the Craig Road entrance to Mersey Vale Nature Park at the road junction […]

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  • Dawn Chorus On Your Doorstep

    It’s amazing what you can see and hear in your local area if you are prepared to get up that little bit earlier. The guided walk (Sunday 8th May 2016) […]

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  • Winter Wavers

    With the good old Jet Stream bouncing up and down the Lines of Latitude like a yo-yo, the ages-old tussle between the forces of Winter and Spring is still very […]

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  • Walk The Main Line to Mersey Vale

    A wildlife-rich stroll along old railways to the riverside path back to base Walk is about 1¾ miles, largely on tarred or compacted-surface paths and tracks and mostly level. Wear […]

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  • Avian Antics On The River Mersey

    It’s that time of year, when resident birds and migrants all set about perpetuating their species. Our little stretch of the Mersey Valley is a pretty good place to do […]

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  • Mersey Valley Feathers & Fur

    It was a flash of white half-glimpsed beyond the thick tangle of hawthorns, crack-willows and alders that caught my old mate Taff’s eye. The handsome devil (the bird, not Taff) […]

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