Burton on the Wolds Heritage

Burton on the Wolds Parish Plan

In 2003, the village answered a questionnaire on what they liked/disliked about the village and what they wanted for the future of the village.

The results of the questionnaire were finally published in July 2004.

You can look at the results online here:

Burton Plantation

One of the suggestions arising from the Parish Plan was to have a woodland in Burton open for public use. In 2003, a 'Woodland for Burton' committee was set up, it's members being the Parish Heritage Wardens Paul and Linda Sutton together with Phil and Diane Simmons, Sue Warren and Barbara Stead. It's initial aims were to identify an area, either of existing woodland or other land to be planted up as a woodland.

Amazingly, an existing small woodland, privately owned in the village, came on the market in April 2004. With great haste the Heritage Wardens alerted the Parish Council.

All the village were informed and within a week donations were received amounting to almost £10,000 towards the purchase price. In total the village raised £12,800 and grants were obtained from the Leicestershire County Council Shire Grant Scheme(£10,000) and from Charnwood Borough Council(£5,000).

The woodland became ours in October 2004 and was officially opened 1st May 2005 by the Chairman of the County Council, Councillor Peter Winkless.

With the help of Neill Talbot of the Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust and Franciose Scire of Charnwood Wildlife (Charnwood Borough Council), a five year management plan has been drawn up. A Management Committee has been appointed to take care of the Woodland. Members are Paul and Linda Sutton, Derek Brewis, Paul Rushforth, Catherine Thompson, Margaret Pickford and Diana Edmonds.

Weather or not.....

Over the past five years, the Heritage Wardens have kept a record of the temperatures and rainfall on Burton on the Wolds.

Below are two graphs showing the average monthly rainfall and the average maximum and minimum temperatures in a back garden in Burton on the Wolds.

Garden Wildlife Survey

The results from the survey are currently being analysed and will appear here soon!

Wolds Villages

For more information on Burton on the Wolds and the other Wolds villages, please visit the 'Wolds Villages Portal'.