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Rimrose Valley Country Park has been of special importance to the local communities of Bootle, Litherland, Ford, Netherton, Thornton, Crosby and Waterloo for hundreds of years, and now our cherished green space is more important to us than ever before with the threat of increased traffic, air and noise pollution generated by the Peel Ports docks expansion. We need to apply to…

Please sign here to show your support for Cooksons Bridge Pub (Cookies), and please read on for more information as to why this is relevant to Rimrose Valley and why we feel it’s important that you support it. Cookies is the pub of Rimrose Valley. Up at the Gorsey Lane end, it sits alongside the…

Casual Observations or hands on volunteering roles to be filled We’re looking for wildlife volunteers according to experience. Please can you read about what we’re looking for below and see if you can help us? Casual Observations As a user of Rimrose Valley, you are witness to a wide range of wildlife on a regular…

We have been working hard to maintain clear and open communications between us all, Highways England and their subcontractors during their road feasibility surveys on Rimrose Valley. We’re pleased to report that Highways England has decided to launch a newsletter to further clarify the situation and to keep the public informed directly.  They’ve told us that several newsletters will be released…

As most of us will be well aware, over the last 3 weeks since 21/09/15 there’s been a lot of activity on Rimrose Valley by the Geotechnical consultants and engineers working on behalf of Highways England.  They’ve been carrying out early studies into the feasibility of an option of a road through Rimrose Valley. We’ve seen Ground Sampling…

Today we received a statement from Highways England in response to our inquiry yesterday about the sudden appearance of temporary CCTV units this week at various entry points in Rimrose Valley. Their response explains that: The survey was undertaken on just one day – Monday 28th September between 7am and 7pm The units are being…

We’re mindful that Rimrose Valley exists for the benefit the local biodiversity as well as the people who use our beautiful Park.  We thought it would be useful to publish a quick update of some of our current activities to keep a watchful eye over the natural residents of Rimrose Valley: Bat surveys will be carried out by…

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Road Feasibility Study – Ground Sampling Analysis commencing 21st September 2015 For a printable version of this information: Click here for A4 page format | Click here for A5 booklet format Highways England has determined that a greater throughput of traffic between Switch Island and the Port of Liverpool over the next 10 to 20 years means that…

Amidst gloriously warm and sunny late summer weather, on Sunday 13th September around 30 Rimrose Valley Friends joined Head Ranger Eugene McCann from Sefton Council’s Coast and Countryside Team for another thoroughly enjoyable tour of Rimrose Valley. We got to taste the blackberries, apples, sloe berries, elderberries, applemint, spearmint, hazelnuts and edible nettles. Thanks so…