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  • Who we are
    • Committee
    • Membership
    • Constitution
    • Minutes of previous meetings
  • Hailey Park
    • Map
    • The Park
    • Getting there
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      • Claude Hailey
      • Gallery
    • Taff Trail
    • LN Rugby Club
  • News & Views
    • Voluntary work on the park
  • Nature
    • Nature News
    • Biodiversity
    • MeadowLife
    • Green Flag Community Award
    • Woodland Management
    • Park Sightings
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News & Events

Hailey Park & Beyond

Meetings

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All Welcome.
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Meet 7.30pm
​every 2 months (2020).
Royal Exchange, Ty Mawr Road.
8 Jan, 4 March (AGM), 6 May, 1 July, 2 Sept, 4 Nov
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Tidying up the Ty Mawr Road entrance
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Removing rubbish from the River Taff

2020 Dates we need help
​on the park
12 March 2020: Note that due to Covid-19 there will be no voluntary work on the park until further notice.
  • 26 Jan (1–4pm)
  • 16 Feb (1–4pm)
  • 8 March (1–4pm)
  • 5 April (2–5pm)
  • 10 May (2–5pm)
  • 7 June (2–5pm)
  • 12 July (2–5pm)
  • 23 Aug (2–5pm)
  • 13 Sept (2–5pm)
  • 11 Oct (2–5pm)
  • 22 Nov (1–4pm)
  • Nothing for Dec

  • Meet up usually in Radyr Road car park about 15 min before start of event. Tel. 07836532258 if you arrive after start time to find out where we are. 
  • Help is always wanted and everyone is welcome (under 18s must be accompanied by an adult though).
  • All tools are provided. Please wear suitable clothing and sturdy footwear.
Forget weight machines, treadmills and exercise bikes. If you want to keep fit, head for Hailey Park one Sunday afternoon. Its free and keeps you fit with a purpose.

One day it might be cutting back scrub that invades the park with a vengance every year (to reveal a wonderful flower meadow) and on another, we might be sprucing up the benches for all to see.

Whatever it is, its also fun to do. You don’t need to commit yourself to lengthy gym subscriptions or turn up every time – why not just go along for an hour or so every so often.

We’ll also ply you with free refreshments to keep you going, bad jokes from Gareth the Ranger, and you might even learn a thing or two about the biodiversity of the park.

Improve your health and your local environment at the same time – if you do one thing to help the environment this year then do it for Hailey Park!
For more details: Tel. Penny 07836 532258
or Email: friendsofhaileypark@gmail.com

News

New consultation about new Taff Trail proposals
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From Ty Mawr Road, there would be a shared use path going to your right, which would cut across the field, avoiding the car park and that hairy right hand turn and rejoining up with the main path. ... MORE

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Welsh Water are working at the park at the moment. They have removed a long wide strip of vegetation in the meadow area then will be back later to deal with the sewage pipes underneath. Details below in pdf files, including map of area of work and Welsh Water contact details for more info.
Welsh Water Hailey Park 2020 Eng
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Dwr Cymru 2020 Parc Hailey
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Park Events Around Cardiff

See Cardiff Council's website where you can find out about events run by their Parks Dept. with more info from Outdoor Cardiff.
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Hailey Park Summer Fair & Dog Show

Previous workdays: words & pictures

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To find out all about the sort of voluntary work we do on the park CLICK HERE to go to 'Voluntary work on the park' .

There's a selection of photos here of some of the work we do on the park.
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May (2011): volunteers painting and tidying up the underpass area near Bridge Road.
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Sometimes we also pull up sycamore saplings as there are hundreds of them in the woodland and we need to let more light reach the floor so more plants like hawthorn can come up.

Help is always wanted – its a great way to get fit (always working at your own pace) and improve the local environment at the same time. We meet in car park (top of Radyr Rd) You need to wear suitable clothing and sturdy footwear.
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During the autumn, winter and early spring we do lots of scrub clearing. This is such an important task and something we that we always need lots of voluntary help for. By clearing invasive plants like the willow and hard cutting back of the buddleia more plants will grow thus increasing biodiversity - and its not just more plants but more insects like butterflies or bees.
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Tools and refreshments are provided (free). Everyone is welcome (children need to be accompanied by an adult) – we don't bite!
Our regular volunteer days are one Sunday afternoon a month – keep an eye out though on notice boards or this website for dates and times of these and some of the other ad hoc voluntary work events led by us or other groups on the park.

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