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Our 55th Litter Pick

Crewe,CW2 7NE

29 Jul 2016

23:00

Meet at 10am at the Baptist Church on Union Street (we have permission to park in the car park there). We'll tackle Mill St and Lord St and the surrounds. Back to the church at about 11:30 for refreshments (thank you, Helen). All equipment will be provided. Children are welcome if accompanied by an adult. .

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Our 75th Litter Pick

Meet at the Brocklebank on Weston Road at 10am. We will tackle various areas on Weston Road; the perimeter of the station car park, the footpath behind the post office and the service road behind B&Q...

Scout and About

This is a 'closed' event for scouts and leaders from the 3 SWC group. We will be tackling Valley Park. The inaugural Valley Park festival is being held on Saturday 21st July so it will be good to ha...

Our 6th AGM

Meet at the Ibis Styles Hotel on Emperor Way at 7:30pm. We will be doing a quick litter pick around the business park beforehand but will not have any spare equipment with us. You are welcome to join...

Our 74th Litter Pick

Meet at The Broad Street Project at 10am. Our event is part of the KBT and Daily Mail 'Great Plastic Pick Up' weekend. We will be focusing on the park but will also clean along Broad Street. All eq...

Our 73rd Litter Pick

Meet on the car park at The Eight Farmers. Do park there - we have permission. We will clean up the green spaces and hedges and edges along Parkers Road. Children are welcome if accompanied by an a...

Our 72nd Litter Pick

Meet at 10am on the car park of the old swimming baths on Flag Lane. We will tackle Valley Park. All equipment will be provided. Children are welcome if accompanied by an adult - please note that t...

Our 70th Litter Pick

This will be the group's last litter pick of the year - members will be busy buying the Chair's Christmas presents in December. Meet - earlier than usual - at 9:30 at the Brocklebank on Weston Road. ...

Our 69th Litter Pick

We'll meet at 10am at the footpath end of Collins Street (off Stewart Street). There should be enough on-street parking on this and surrounding roads. There is a path off Collins Street that leads d...

Our 68th Litter Pick

Meet at Morrisons car park at 10am or go straight to the former LMR sports club site on Goddard Street. We will litter pick and generally tidy the area. All tools will be provided. Children are wel...

Our 67th Litter Pick

(originally scheduled for 9th September but cancelled due to rain). Meet at Morrisons car park at 10am or go straight to the former LMR sports club site on Goddard Street. We will litter pick and ge...

Our 66th Litter Pick

Our July litter pick will be taking place in and around King George's Playing Fields on West Street. Please meet at 10am on Saturday 22nd July at the far end of the Simply Gym car park next to the pla...

Our 65th Litter Pick

Our next litter pick will take place on Monday June 19th . Please meet in the car park of the Hotel Ibis on Electra Way (formerly the Ramada). Electra Way is the entrance road to Crewe Business Park,...

Our 64th Litter Pick

Our May litter pick will be taking place in and around the Coleridge Way area of Crewe on Saturday, May 27th. We are meeting in the car park of The Flying Lady pub which is on the corner of Lansdown...

Our 63rd Litter Pick

Our next litter pick will be on this coming Saturday - the 22nd April at 10am. We will meet at Morrisons car park on Dunwoody Way - in the corner by Richard Moon Street and Eagle Bridge. The plan i...

Our 62nd Litter Pick

Well, it seems like only last weekend that we were out picking up other people's rubbish. Our usual March litter pick will be on the 18th - the third Saturday. It is Red Nose Day on the 24th and as...

Our 61st Litter Pick

Our next pick will be on Saturday March 4th at 10am. This pick is being held early to coincide with the Keep Britain Tidy National Spring Clean Up. We hope to clean up the wooded area behind the cine...

Our 60th Litter Pick

We'll meet at the car park at the Rookery Wood pub on Weston Road. 10am, as usual. The aim is to tackle University Way and Weston Road. We might need all of our members to be able to make a sizeab...

Our 59th Litter Pick

Our last organised litter pick of the year! We'll meet on the Tesco car park - opposite the petrol station at 10am. We'll be tackling the perimeter of Tesco, particularly the bushes down towards Mill ...

Our 4th Annual Bulb Planting

Meet at 10am at Christ Church in the centre of Crewe. We will be planting daffodils as usual and this year we are very happy to be planting 1000 purple crocuses to support the work done by The Rotary...

Our 58th Litter Pick

We'll be doing a litter pick in and around the cemetery but we will also be sweeping up leaves and having a general tidy. Meet at 10am in the car park inside the Badger Avenue gate. It is lovely to ...

Our 56th Event

Meet at 10am at St Mark's Church Hall (we can park there) on Bramhall Road. We'll spend about 90 minutes picking litter in the area and then retire to the church hall for refreshments - many thanks, ...

Our 54th Litter Pick

Meet at Beechmere on Rolls Avenue at 10am. We'll tackle the paths and open spaces towards Minshull New Road. All equipment will be provided. Children are welcome if accompanied by an adult. Refres...

Our 53rd Litter Pick

Meet at the Belong car park. We will tackle rubbish in Gresty Brook alongside Davenport Avenue, on the footpath that leads to the former Cheshire Cheese and around the Brookhouse Estate itself. Back t...

Our 52nd Litter Pick

Meet at 10am in the Rookery Wood Pub car park. We will tackle the litter dropped mainly from vehicles on Weston Road and University Way. After 90 minutes or so picking up rubbish we will go for refre...

Our 51st Litter pick - Clean for the Queen

Our March pick will be held on Saturday March 5th to tie in with the nationwide 'Clean for the Queen' campaign to make our country nicer in time for the Queen's 90th birthday. We will meet at the ca...

Our 50th Litter Pick

Past Hops (on your right), turn right (not left) and follow the road round behind Chantry Court. That's where we will meet. We will then head out to tackle the length of Vernon Way from the roundabout...

Our 48th Litter Pick

For our last litter pick of the year, we will meet at 10am on the car park on Pedley Street, behind the Royal Hotel. Our target is Mill Street, so we'll spend 90 minutes clearing up there and then h...

Our 47th Litter Pick

Meet at The Rising Sun car park at 10am. We will clean up along the Greenway, around KGV playing fields and retrieve rubbish from Wistaston Brook. All equipment will be provided. Children are welco...

Our 46th Litter Pick

Meet at The Flying Lady on Coleridge Way at 11am (not 10am). We'll tackle the path that runs alongside the railway from Earle Street to Sydney Road and which is accessible via a path opposite the pu...

Our 45th Litter Pick

Meet at 10am at Queens Park car park. We will tackle the path alongside the brook and Tipkinder Park. All equipment is supplied. Children are welcome if accompanied by an adult. There is rain for...

Our 44th Litter Pick

We will meet at the swimming baths on Flag Lane at 10am - we have permission to use the car park. We will tackle the area alingside the brook from the play area at Valley Park, past the baths and ove...

Our 43rd Litter Pick

Meet on the car park at the Ramada Encore on Emperor Way - we have permission - at 10am. We will spend 60-90 minutes clearing the business park, the wildlife walk and Crewe Road towards the rail sta...

Our 42nd Litter Pick

We are heading to an area that we have not previously tackled (though it will be very familiar to at least one member). It is the area known locally as 'The Razza' and is accessed at the bottom of Mir...

Our 41st Litter Pick

We are tackling the area behind the green railing fence on the footpath between Flag Lane and Chester St/Delamere House.the Crosville Club (town, basically). We have permission to park in the last ca...

100 Metre Trash Dash for Cash

Our 40th litter pick and our second Red Nose Fund raiser. We'll meet at the car park behind Chantry Court (near Hops) at 10am. Then we'll tackle the 100 metre service road alongside Home Bargains. ...

Our 39th Litter Pick

It's been ages! We gave ourselves a couple of months off (from litter picking, at any rate) for good behaviour so we are straining at the leash and (champing at the bit, no doubt) to be let loose on ...

Our 38th Litter Pick (and tidy up)

Just for members this one because we won't be able to transport much spare kit on this particular occasion. We are litter picking and tidying in the cemetery. Meet at the car parks inside the Badger...

Our 37th Litter Pick

Meet at 10am at the Rookery Wood pub on Weston Road. We'll head off up University Way towards the Duke of Gloucester. Back to the Rookery Wood for refreshments afterwards. 13 members - including fir...

Our 36th Litter Pick

It's Clean Up Uk Day so we are holding our monthly litter pick a week early. We'll meet at the swimming pool car park at 10am. The plan is to clean up alongside Valley Brook from the play area on Al...

Our 35th Litter Pick

Meet at Queens Park car park at 10am. We'll be tackling Victoria Avenue as far as Stewart Street and the cycle path alongside Webb House. All equipment supplied. Children welcome if accompanied by a...

Our 34th Litter Pick

We are going to meet at Wood Street car park at 10am. The car park is of the 'pay and display' type but don't worry, cars displaying the CCT logo will not be exempted from the charges. The litter pi...

Litter Pick 33

We'll meet at the car park on Newton Street (just off Meredith St., by Copnal Books) at 10am and pick litter along Meredith Street and the side streets off. The Victoria Community Centre have kindly o...

Litter Pick 32

A litter pick help with employees from McDonald's on Macon Way in Crewe. We'll meet at the restaurant at 11am and spread out to tackle Macon Way. Refreshments provided by McDonald's afterwards. All...

Litter Pick 31

We will meet at the Crosville Club car park at 10am on Saturday morning. We are going to tackle the area at the bottom of the steps in the adjoining car park. The area is a complete disgrace, strewn...

Litter Pick 30

We are going to meet at the Rookery Wood pub car park at 10am on Saturday 26th April. We'll tackle Weston Road towards the railway station and if there are enough of us we'll send a group along Unive...

Mini Pick

Sam Armstrong asked if anyone would join her to clear up the cycle path between West Street and Victoria Avenue from 10am on Good Friday. Four of us worked for just about an hour in the glorious sunsh...

Litter Pick 29

We are holding a litter pick on Monday so that employees from Bentley Motors IT-CSP department can join us in a spot of volunteer therapy. Margaret will take charge from 11am at Wickes car park on Lo...

Litter Pick 28

Margaret: "Well the year is speeding by and it is time for our first spring litter pick. We have chosen to do the wooded area behind the cinema in Crewe. This is a lovely location for the pick as the...

Litter Pick 27

Our next litter pick will be on Saturday February 15th at 10am. We will meet at The Merlin Pub car park on Bradfield Road in Crewe. The pub is currently empty, and up for sale, so parking should not ...

Litter Pick 26

We are meeting at Sainsbury's car park on Edleston Rd (thank you to Christelle Wallace for allowing us to do that). After cleaning up the car park ( :) ), we will head off along the streets around We...

Our 25th Litter Pick

Who doesn't think that Crewe's cemetery is beautiful? At the moment, with the colours of the autumn leaves, it is a gorgeous haven for contemplation. Well, we will be cognisant of that fact as we ti...

Litter Pick 24

Careful! this is an afternoon event. We'll meet at Meadow Brook Cemetery car park on Minshull New Road at 3pm on Saturday 26th October. The plan is then to cross the road and tackle the greenways out...

Litter Pick 23

For our usual 'third Saturday of the month' pick we will meet at the car park of the Ramada Encore hotel on Electra Way. From there we will head out along past MMU in one direction and up to B&Q in t...

2 Little Ducks near the Park

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21 Today

Our 21st litter pick. We'll meet on Queens Park Drive at 10am and tackle KGV playing fields, skirt the park alongside the golf course and perhaps head off down The Greenway towards The Rising Sun. 6...

Our 20th Litter Pick

Doesn't time fly? We will meet on Saturday 20th July at 10am at Queens Park car park. The plan is to clean up in Tipkinder Park, around the BMX track and the surrounding footpaths. Afterwards, we'l...

Scout and About

We're holding a joint event with the 17th SWC (South West Cheshire) Scouts on Saturday 8th June. We'll meet at their scout hut on Queen Street at 10am. We may help them clear up the field alongside ...

Dunelm Car Park

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Lifting Litter at Leighton

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Red Nose Pick (Sponsor Us!)

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Go West!

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Brook's Healed

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Bah, Humbug Wrappers

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C'mon Guys, It's November!

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This is NOT Saturday

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Litter Gets On Our Wickes

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August Fellows Litter Pick

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July, July, July July (Oh me, oh me, oh me, oh my!)

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June Flaming Litter Pick

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Fourth Litter Pick - We Brook No Littering

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Third Litter Pick - We March On

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