Groundwork Yorkshire have prepared plans for a once in a generation investment in Gipton Wood to renovate, upgrade and enhance this special ancient woodland, to ensure it will continue to thrive for nature and our community for the next twenty-five years. A huge thank you to Wade’s Charity for funding this work. In 2023 we…
Lead activity: invasive species removal Join us on Saturday 4th April, 10-12, for our April Volunteer Action Morning, meeting at the green arch entrance at the end of Gipton Wood Road. In April, we will be continuing our clearance of invasive and non-native species from the Wood. These species threaten our ancient woodland species. We…
Join us on Saturday 7th March, 10.30am-1pm, for our March Rhythms of Nature family event celebrating and unifying the joys of the new spring with all the different rhythms of things around us in nature and our community The even will be held just inside the Wood from the green arch entrance at the end…
Lead activity: Spring clean Join us on Saturday 7th March, 10-12, for our March Volunteer Action Morning, meeting at the green arch entrance at the end of Gipton Wood Road. In March, we will be doing our annual spring clean to clean up and clear back after the winter months to prepare the Wood for…
Got questions about our plans for Gipton Wood? As part of our community consultation we are holding a Q&A event on Saturday 7th February, 11-12.30, at the green arch entrance at the end of Gipton Wood Road. We will have copies of the plans to pore over, and members of the Groundwork Yorkshire team who…
Lead activity: sapling thinning Join us on Saturday 7th February, 10-12, for our February Volunteer Action Morning, meeting at the green arch entrance at the end of Gipton Wood Road. In February, we will be thinning saplings to improve age diversity and enhance regeneration. This year, our focus will also be on access and safety,…
Brooks Ecological have completed an Ecology Survey of Gipton Wood finding that the Wood is in excellent condition, thanks, in part, to the work of the Friends. A huge thank you to Roundhay Environmental Action Project (REAP) and Morley Glass for funding this survey. This survey wasn’t to tell us about what we have in…
We’re really excited to have launched this website on our socials and to our community of Friends. We’d like to say a huge THANK YOU to Climate Action Leeds and to our Local Councillors, Lisa Martin, Jordan Bowden and Zara Hussain, and the Inner North East Leeds Community Committee, for funding the development of this…
Over 30 people gathered in Gipton Wood on a very wet Sunday afternoon (19th October 2025) for the annual FOGW Fungi Foray. Wildlife expert Steve Joul led the group, sharing his extensive knowledge not only of the fungi but of other aspects of wildlife in the wood. Very quickly our eyes to adjust to spotting…
On 6, October despite the yellow warnings of wind, a group of volunteers together with council ranger Louise met to continue the work of establishing a dead hedge along the Copgrove Road edge of the Wood. The hedge consists of stakes driven into the ground about 2 metres apart in a one metre wide double…