This year the residents of city centre Pockthorpe in Norwich are creating a Halloween trail for the local children. Join our FB group to get involved!
Halloween trail in NR3 Norwich
TCV and Fringe Project led tasks
10th March 2023- planting Hawthorn, hazel, oak, and blackthorn along the allotment path. Volunteers: 6. Mix of TCV and Pockthorpe members. 17th March 2023- Volunteers …
Part 2 of the alleyway project. Plants are going in!
The very talented Kev built planters from pallets found locally around Pockthorpe, NR3. Wroxham barns and The Theatre Royal also donated wood to the project. …
TCV at Kett’s cave park this Friday and next week- Get involved.
Matt Davies from The Fringe Project and TCV are working at our lovely park this Friday and next week. Pop along and help if you …
Upcoming dates
Sunday 12th March- Alleyway project. More info on FB- Pockthorpe Group. SUNDAY, 2 APRIL 2023 AT 10:00GB Spring Clean Litter-pick Time to give our green …
Late night breaking up old pallets!
Last week 10 of us spent the evening removing nails and dismantling old pallets. We are using reclaimed wood to create planters in our lovely …
Creating our urban garden in Norwich’s alleyways- Beaconsfield and Knowsley Road
18 neighbours and friends turned out this morning to start transforming one of our many local alleyways. Fences were painted, planters made, moss scraped off, …
LOVE Norwich NNC event- 18th Feb 2023
Calling everyone who lives in the Pockthorpe and Heathgate areas of #nr3 Join us for our next Love Norwich community clean-up event:Saturday 18 February 10am-2pm …
Amazing Alleys- Beaconsfield Road NR3
In 2019, neighbours from Beaconsfield and Knowsley Roads got together one sunny Sunday afternoon to clean up their much neglected alley way. About twenty people …
Grit team!
Over the Christmas period, the paths got extremely slippy, so a few of us got together and gritted the paths.
Regular litter picks
I have been really lazy at keeping up the blog posts! Apologies. The lovely local NR3 green party has been helping our community group with …
We got a defibrillator for Mousehold Hub, NR3
Thank you so much councillor Gary Champion! I started the ball rolling to get our area a defib. It turned into a massive headache, so …
100 metres of pointless fencing finally gone at Kett’s cave
At Christmas, I did a cheeky ask at Hill construction‘s Christmas carols and asked if they could possibly help us with removing 100 metres of …
Another great clean-up at Kett’s cave park
Today we had another fantastic clean-up at Kett’s cave park. We mostly removed brambles from incredibly old broken wire fences ready for Hills property developers …
Next event 12th Feb 10am Kett’s Cave
Litter-picking and bramble clearing off old broken wire fences is next planned on Saturday 12th Feb at 10 am. We are going to concentrate mainly …
Scrub Management
During the hazy long lockdown days what Lizzie and I realised whilst wandering around our area is how rich in birdlife the Ketts Cave park …
Green goodgymmers & community tackle a thorny issue!!
Fantastic litter pick and fence removal prep at our last event. We invited the Good gym crew to help! Find out more about Good Gym …
Kett’s Cave Litter Pick 29th January – Volunteers Needed!
Kett’s Cave Litter PickVolunteers NeededCalling all people of Pockthorpe… Kett’s Cave Community Litter Pick 29th January 2022 10am start Come and help: We would love …
Minutes of the Annual General Meeting of the Pockthorpe Community Group held on Tuesday 11 January 2022
Minutes of the Annual General Meeting of the Pockthorpe Community Group held on Tuesday 11 January 2022Members present: Billie Anna-Tony, Gary Champion, Alex Catt, Gill …
AGM now on Zoom – 11th Jan 2022
Happy New Year everyone! Sadly, we have had to change next Tuesday’s AGM to an online Zoom meeting because of the current Covid situation. The …
Newsletter- December 2021. Exciting news on defib!
Dec 2021 It’s been a busy couple of months and we have some really exciting news to share. We finally got the money for a …
First AGM scheduled- Tuesday 11 January – in the Scouts Hut.
We’ve got our first AGM scheduled for 7:30 pm Tuesday 11 January – in the Scouts Hut. Now that we are working with the Council …
Results from the community consult- 2021
Planning the event & who we invited We got 500 flyers printed by Minuteman Press in Norwich, these were posted through homes around the two …
PUBLIC CONSULTATION- 4th Dec 2021
Last year a group of volunteers came together to try and improve the Council owned land at Kett’s Cave and Sandy Park and run community …
Hedgehog Highways
Over the last few years we have seen plenty of evidence of hedgehogs scurrying around the Pockthorpe neighbourhood. They have been spotted on Dibden Road …
Dangerous broken wire fences at Kett’s cave- volunteers needed
As a group, we are proposing Norwich City Council removes these hazardous wire fences at Kett’s cave, NR3 1NH. They are historic and serve no …
Benches
We reported our two street benches to be repaired in Jan 2021 to the Labour party, Norwich City Council and Norfolk county council. Sadly they …
44-46 Morley Street, Norwich, NR3
Timeline and information on the derelict piece of land next to the Kett’s cave park. Owned by Norwich City Council housing Derelict, boarded up site …
Art project on water street cabinet
We have some great news. Anglian Water has approved for us to paint the two Anglian water cabinets on Silver Road, Norwich NR3. I have …
Halloween trail in NR3 Norwich
This year the residents of city centre Pockthorpe in Norwich are creating a Halloween trail for the local children. Join our FB group to get …
We need a defibrillator in our area!
Norwich as a city is really lacking public 24-hour access defibrillators. I am currently trying to piece together all the information I need to get …
Stay and Play at the Hub
We are really excited to announce a new Stay and Play starting on Tuesday mornings at Mousehold Hub on Mousehold Avenue. It will run from …
Wider community day- 11th Sep 2021
This is the opportunity to come and say what you love and hate about the Pockthorpe community proposed ideas. We are calling it a wider …
Norfolk Car-Free Day and Play Streets
Sunday 19 September 2021 is Norfolk Car-Free Day – an initiative that started with 2019’s Norwich Car-Free Day before going countywide last year. For this …
Minutes from the Steering Group 2 July 2021
PresentLiz Smith-Dane, Rob Bakewell, Shelley Donaghie, Billie Anna-Tony, Tony Moore, Bekka Quantrill-Tozer, Nicki Collins.ApologiesGary Champion.Decisions⦁ Agreed that Shelley will act as Chair, Rob as Deputy …
Tidying up the area around Heath Road Park
Residents noticed the area surrounding Heath Road Park has been a little neglected. The park itself is usually clean and tidy and the kids love …
Charlie Buck’s horse riding school & stables
A few months into litter picking we discovered the area around the Sandy Park (Gertrude Road) park used to be a horse riding school. Which …
Rare urban pristine green space at Sandy Park
* wild areas of Sandy park slope and Kett’s cave* Gertrude Road and Mousehold Avenue. Me, Rob and Tony just had an amazing meeting with …
We are planning to paint our open reach street cabinets
Most, if not all, of the green Open Reach and Virgin boxes in our area have been vandalised with Graffiti, so we asked residents if, …
Do Norwich council use weed killer?
I think it’s important to start this blog by understanding how the council works first. It’s divided up into Norfolk county council and Norwich City …
Kett’s Cave clean up in Norwich
As a community we have been meeting up regularly to litter pick around the Kett’s Cave on Morley Street in Norwich, NR3 this is on …
Restoring our historic metal road signs
We recently found out that sadly Norwich City Council doesn’t restore our historic road signs. If you report one using their online form they just …
Borrowing litter pickers in Norwich
If you are keen to get involved in our project and want to borrow our community litter pickers please contact us and we can arrange …
Removing historic fly-tipping from around Sandy Park
This project started in February 2020 when Rob Bakewell a local resident started arranging litter picking events around the streets of Sewell ward in NR3. …