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Wild Towns

ERDF Wild Towns project

The ERDF Wild Towns Project is led by GWT, but it is a project like no other and will create, connect and enhance green spaces for wildlife across Gloucestershire.

Not only is it working to make not one, but seven towns in Gloucestershire a little bit wilder, it’s also supported by a brilliant team of partners, including Severn Trent Water, Severn Rivers Trust and Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group South West (FWAG). The project is generously funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and a number of other funders.

We're creating wildflower meadows, managing woodland, creating wetlands, planting native trees and shrubs, removing barriers for fish migration and creating refuges and habitats for key species such as bats, owls, water voles, reptiles, fish, butterflies and other invertebrates.

Find out more about the seven towns taking part below.

ERDF Wild Towns Fairford
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Fairford

Sensory gardens, wildflower meadows and riverbank restoration are just a few of the exciting changes happening in Fairford.
ERDF Wild Towns Tetbury
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Tetbury

The second largest town in the Cotswolds and now featuring 'barn owl manors' - a safe roosting place for these much loved owls.
ERDF Wild Towns Cirencester
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Cirencester

Enhancing green spaces and improving access around the town has been a priority, as well as wildflower meadow creation and much more.
ERDF Wild Towns Stroud
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Stroud

Improving accessibility by repaving cycle paths, adding glades along the way and giving orchards a new lease of life in Stroud.
ERDF Wild Towns Moreton-in-Marsh
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Moreton-in-Marsh

Found in the northern Cotswolds, two parks, two cemeteries and one allotment are all being enhanced for both wildlife and people.
ERDF Wild Towns Stonehouse
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Stonehouse

Targeting four areas, the project will create new green spaces while enhancing ponds and meadows for species such as great crested newts.
ERDF Wild Towns Cinderford
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Cinderford

Enabling the local community to have greater access to nature while creating and improving habitats for some of the rare species.
ERDF Wild Towns partners
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Our partners

Meet the partner organisations that are making this project possible.

Church Bank Path tender. Closing date 8 October 2021.

Wild Towns Management and Opportunity Plan contract

Lake and pond habitat enhancement

Terrestrial habitat enhancement Tender

Beautiful demoiselle damselfly

Beautiful demoiselle (c) Guy Edwardes/2020VISION

2020 update

In his blog, ERDF Project Manager Will Masefield provides an update on the Wild Towns project in the face of a global pandemic.