Friends of Coldfall Wood & Muswell Hill Playing Fields
TCV (The Conservation Volunteers) are appointed by Haringey Council to do much of the maintenance of our beautiful Wood. They hold regular volunteer days and provide equipment and kit and information on the safe handling of tools so volunteers can carry out the tasks for the day. This might be building dry hedging to protect […]
Last week the Friends of Coldfall Wood and Muswell Hill Playing Field spent a happy hour collecting litter in the Wood on the Creighton Avenue side. We were joined by some friends and neighbours and three fantastic students from Fortismere School volunteering as part of their Duke of Edinburgh’s Award programme. It is sad that […]
We have put these signs up to remind visitors why the logs and fallen branches in the Wood are precious. […]
A group of seven oak and hornbeam trees in Coldfall Wood, an ancient woodland and nature reserve, are threatened with felling. Haringey Council have agreed to cut them down following a request from AXA insurers, who maintain that the trees are causing subsidence to a nearby property. The property was built in the 1950s and […]
This post has been updated Sign our petition. A group of seven oak and hornbeam trees in Coldfall Wood, an ancient woodland and nature reserve, are threatened with felling. Haringey Council have agreed to cut them down following a request from AXA insurers, who maintain that the trees are causing subsidence to a nearby property. […]
To the people who think building bike ramps in Coldfall Wood is acceptable. Digging bike ramps exposes tree roots and kills trees. Fast. Don’t kill our trees. We all need them for our physical and mental well being. This is an ancient woodland that has survived for hundreds of years. It is also a protected […]
At present our activities are suspended because of the coronavirus pandemic. Please sign up to our newsletter for the latest news, including events. TCV Haringey is continuing its programme of practical conservation work days. Contact them for more information.
Due to the recent spell of dry weather, Coldfall Woods are at higher risk of fire damage than usual Please do not light fires in Coldfall Woods, however small. We have had incidents of ground fire in the past that has been a real threat. Arson is a serious offence and is always dealt with […]
As you may be aware, many of our woodland and forest sites are being infected by a rampant disease caused by the fungus Chalara fraxinea. Ash makes up 30% of UK’s indigenous woodland and it’s affect could be as dramatic as Dutch elm disease in the 70s and 80s. Although it consists mainly oak and […]
Friends of Coldfall Wood & Muswell Hill Playing Fields