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Delegates from Rimrose Valley Friends met with Peter Dowd MP on Thursday 17th March to discuss Highways England’s assessment of the two road options to improve road access to the Port of Liverpool. The purpose of the meeting was to establish Mr Dowd’s opinions and intentions of the best approach in dealing with the situation…

Saturday, 2nd April 10am – 12 noon. All welcome. At the SING PLUS Centre, Cambridge Road, Seaforth. L21 1EX, behind the Adult Education Centre (map) Are you worried about the looming threat of a road through Rimrose Valley?  Are you concerned about the increase in pollution should the A5036/Dunningsbridge Road be ‘enhanced’? Do you have…

As previously reported, Highways England is running a series of information events to present the public with two road options to carry an ever increasing flow of heavy goods traffic between the motorway network and the docks.  As things stand, one of the two options will definitely be going ahead; and if the option to build a road…

Following a meeting in February 2016 made up of 16 Rimrose Valley Friends, plus discussion and consultation through our Facebook group, we have today written jointly to the Chief Executive of Sefton Council and to the Project Lead for the Port of Liverpool road options at Highways England with a list of 27 questions pertaining to the possible…

A fox has been spotted on Rimrose Valley in need of urgent medical treatment, suspected to have mange (click here for information on what that is). It was last seen at the back of houses along Trawden Way, however as it’s roaming freely it could be found anywhere along the northern perimeter of Rimrose Valley. A…

Highways England has today released their second public newsletter to keep people informed of developments with regards to improving road access to the Port of Liverpool. Click here to download the 2nd Highways England Newsletter Up until now Highways England had been saying that the public consultation process would commence in the spring of 2016, however we’ve been informed…

As has been discussed a few times recently on our Facebook Group, flytipping at the Field Lane Carpark entrance to Rimrose Valley (see map here) is on the increase. Sefton Council’s Parks & Greenspaces team have been brilliant at responding each time but the problem is getting out of hand.  They’ve asked us whether people would support…

10th January 2016 was a lovely, sunny, cloudless and crisp winter Sunday.  It was also the day of the first Scrub Clearance – a joint venture between Sefton Council’s Coast & Countryside Team and Rimrose Valley Friends. The objective of our Scrub Clearances is to look after Rimrose Valley, to maintain it’s beauty and habitat.  To do so requires ongoing maintenance…

With nearly 4000 signatures on our online petition to get Sefton Council to designate Rimrose Valley as an essential Local Green Space for its future protection; and with well over 100 online surveys also completed online to further help with our evidence for our application; we’re well on the way to being able to show Sefton Council…

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…