Families encouraged to ‘Go Wild in the Woods’ this autumn

Children inspired to get out and about in the great outdoors for National Tree Week which starts on Saturday 25 November

Children are being encouraged to get out and about in the great outdoors for National Tree Week, which starts on Saturday 25 November.

City of Trees is equipping families with free activity ideas such as mini-beast hunts and building bug hotels that they can do in a local park or woodland, or back at home on a rainy day.

They have also produced a ‘Where to go’ guide to help give Greater Manchester residents a taste of some of the region’s top parks and woods with Hollingworth Lake Country Park  suggested as a top day out.

Spanning 118 acres and with Blackstone Edge as a dramatic backdrop, families are encouraged to head for Whittaker Woods, with a top tip to see if they can spot the orchard’s owl sculpture.

The ‘Go Wild in the Woods’ campaign is being led by leading environmental charity City of Trees in the run up to National Tree Week, 25 November – 3 December.

As well as planting three million trees across Greater Manchester, and bringing woodland back into use, City of Trees wants to connect people to the nature on their doorstep.

A recent study highlighted that seven-out-of-10 people feel they are losing touch with nature and more than a third of parents admit they could not teach their own children about British wildlife.