Do you know your mushrooms? We have many varieties of mushrooms in the UK and a large selection in the Isle of Axholme if you can find them. We’ve put together a short guide to the mushrooms that can be found – so on your next ramble in the countryside see how many you…
Do you want to be involved in our project from the comfort of your own home or whilst out in the Isle countryside? Then why not be a survey volunteer – we are looking for Isle residents to record the wildlife they are seeing in their own gardens or out and about. We are looking…
It’s #VolunteersWeek and we’d like to take the opportunity to say a HUGE thank you to all of our volunteers involved with the #IoAHC Landscape Partnership project. We look forward to seeing you all soon. #NationalLotteryHeritageFund
AMAZON SMILE – You can now support Crowle Peatland Railway simply by buying things on amazon. For every purchase you make Amazon will donate 0.5% of the purchase price at no extra cost to yourself. Visit smile.amazon.co.uk and select Crowle Peatland Railway as your charitable organisation. More information at https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/customer/display.html…
Join PhD student Kathryn Bullen as she explores ‘Axholme: Place -Names in the Marsh.’ A digital taster of Kathryn’s fully booked talk that we hope to reschedule this year. To learn more about Kathryn’s research visit her page – https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/english/people/kathryn.bullen To access a copy of the presentation click this link – https://sway.office.com/xE9x9ZxjTGzMbCxC?ref=email
The #IoAHC team had a great after school session with the children from Crowle Primary – learning about pottery found out in the Isle of Axholme and then making their own to take home and treasure. Want to learn more about our work with schools and what we have to offer please contact us at [email protected]
On the 15th April 1945, a Lancaster bomber plummeted out of the sky and into the Warping Drain bank just outside Owston Ferry killing the eight men in board. Until recently, no one has known what happened to cause this or who the eight men were. A memorial stone to the men lost in this…
The Crowle Peatland Railway group would like to record members of the local community who may have a connection to peat extraction on the moors. The group aims to capture memories of this industry for use in their Crowle Moors workshop exhibition. In the past, this was an important industry that provided employment to residents…
A big thank you to all that sent us in photos of what makes the Isle of Axholme special – we have put together this collage of photos from the ones submitted. Credits to Lisa Pearce, Pete Tiplady, Roy Briggs and Sue Morgan ?