Here is the latest version of the management plan for Bucklebury Common, with changes to reflect the responses to our consultation.

You may have seen a small excavator on the open heath near Fanny's Lane. It is working to pull up selected gorse and birch plants to...

The managers of Bucklebury Common recently undertook a 'fact finding' mission to the nearby Pamber Forest accompanied by the Graham, the...

The Bucklebury Estate are working with Natural England (the government advisory body for nature conservation) to set up a 'Higher Tier...

To help celebrate this year's North Wessex Downs walking festival, there will be a guided walk at Bucklebury Common, looking at the human...

The riding route between Upper Bucklebury and Chapel Row is being extended to create a safe route between the villages for cyclists and...

The Bucklebury Estate has been awarded a grant to improve access to Bucklebury Common. The funding, from the North Wessex Downs AONB...

The Newbury and Thatcham Green Gym were out in force this week on Bucklebury Common. They were helping to look after the rare heathland...

We took advantage of the very dry summer last year to spend the winter restoring a few ponds around the common. These are now filling up...

A local contractor has been busy using his excavator to pluck invasive birch saplings from the heath to help maintain it for wildlife....

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We presented The Vision at a zoom meeting on Thursday 17th November. Click here to watch the meeting. Passcode: 2!=q.*j0

We will be presenting The Vision at a zoom meeting at 8pm on Thursday 17th November. Click here to join the meeting.

The Bucklebury Estate has been successful in applying for funding to produce a management plan and other preliminary work required to...

We have been trialing different techniques to maintain the heathland, such as using a grab to delicately uproot birch scrub from the...

We will be holding a meeting to share our vision for the common, in the Oak Room of the Memorial Hall, Upper Bucklebury at 18:30 on the...

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Three ponds on the common have been restored by a local contractor under the supervision of the Newt Conservation Partnership

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