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The Highams Park Snedders are a friendly group of local volunteers from the Highams Park Planning Group (HPPG) who help look after The Highams Park, the lake and the surrounding forest.
The name Snedders comes from the old Saxon word “sned”, which means to cut the small branches off a felled tree.
Join Highams Park Snedders
If you would like to volunteer to help, email highamsparkplan@gmail.com, and we will add you to our mailing list.
Outside of the bird nesting season, the Snedders usually meet on one weekday and Saturday each month, although sometimes more often. The sessions generally run from 9.30 am until 12.30 pm but feel free to come and go as you please. We provide all the tools and training needed for you to help out.
Upcoming work sessions scheduled for 2023:
Meeting Point at 9.30 am: The Compound behind Humphry’s Café in the Highams Park
• Tuesday 26th September
• Monday 2nd October
• Saturday 14th October
• Tuesday 24th October
• Thursday 2nd November
• Saturday 11th November
• Monday 20th November
• Saturday 2nd December
• Tuesday 12th December
• Tuesday 19th December
Work the Snedders undertake
We have done a variety of works in the local woods, including:
- clearing undergrowth that had gotten out of control after the cows stopped grazing at the lake in the mid-1990s
- opening windows in the vegetation around the lake to improve airflow
- reed planting to improve the wildlife habitat and water quality at the lake.
The Snedders have undertaken other projects such as establishing Humphry’s Café and the new path across the park to it.
We work closely with the Epping Forest Conservators from the City Corporation who provide logistical support and training. The works we undertake in the woods form part of a management conservation programme set by the conservators’ ecologists.
