FLITWICK NATURE PARK
Flitwick Nature Park
Free Community Discover Walk - 7pm Wednesday 3rd June 2026
Enjoy a guided walk around Flitwick Nature Park and learn more about our future plans. We'll also be joined by Guy Lambourne from Wassledine, explaining the traditional and sustainable practice of Hazel coppicing.
A great opportunity for volunteers to get involved, learn new skills, and play an active role in supporting the park!
This activity is a short walk of less than a mile with no steps, stiles or gates.
PLEASE WALK! - Please walk via The Ridgeway entrance, no parking will be available.Meeting point location, using What3words:
Verbs - Goodbyes - Fidgeting
Verbs - Goodbyes - Fidgeting
Everyone is welcome!
In September 2022 the Town Council adopted the master plan for the Nature Park, a 27.7 hectare open space at Maulden Road.
The Council aim to manage the site as a Nature Park for informal access on foot and by cycle, and to maintain, create and enhance a range of habitats.
In January 2024 work started on preparing the land for phase one of the project which includes lowland meadows, hedgerows, mature trees, woodland, and hazel coppice. Contractors have been mulching the site to remove the grass thatch that has built up. This was followed by marking out the planting compartments including the grass fields.
The Forest of Marston Vale is leading the tree planting element for the project as part of the Trees for Climate scheme, which will provide a one-off grant of £195,000 to create the woodland, plus an annual payment for fifteen years to help manage the area going forward.
The Trees for Climate programme is managed by England's Community Forests and is funded via the Government's Nature for Climate fund. You can read more about the scheme here.
Residents and community groups got involved in a special tree-planting day in February 2024 to plant over 2,000 trees.
