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On The Verge of Success The importance for wildlife of our Roadside Verges
Wherstead Park, Ipswich IP9 2BJ Sat 29th February 2018
The programme printed below on page 3 was correct when this leaflet was produced, (25 Sept 2019) but speakers have
been known to slightly alter their title or contents before the event, (it’s not easy being an event organiser! ), so please
treat this as a draft and check back on our website if needed.
Wherstead Park is easy to find, just 5 mins from the Orwell Bridge on the A14. See map below.
By Car
From A14 Eastbound: Exit at junction 56, signposted A137 Ipswich central, and keep to the right-hand lane. Turn right at the roundabout,
over the A14 and continue on to the A137 Manningtree Road. Take the first left after a few hundred yards and follow the lane to where it
turns sharply right. Do not follow the road – on the corner is Wherstead Park .
From A14 Westbound – Exit at junction 56 and take the first exit at the roundabout onto the A137. Take the first left after a few hundred
yards and follow the lane to where it turns sharply right. Do not follow the road – on the corner is Wherstead Park . Or, you could put IP9
2BJ into your satnav!
By Train
Ipswich Station is less than 3 miles away from Wherstead Park, and lies on the main line between London Liverpool Street and
Norwich.There is a good taxi rank at the station, and the fare from there to Wherstead is unlikely to be more than £5 during normal trading
hours. If continuing your journey by bus, the no. 96 service departs from the Station Hotel on Burrell Road.
By Bus
The no. 96 bus service run by Carters stops opposite The Street, Wherstead, where Wherstead Park is located. It runs approximately every 2
hours and the timetable can be located on the Carters website .
Drive in from the A137 along The Street
and follow the signs into the car park to
the left of the East of England Co-Op
headquarters building.
The venue entrance is along a path at
the rear of the car park, which will be
signposted on the day.
From Manningtree
From central Ipswich
On The Verge of Success The importance for wildlife of our Roadside Verges
Wherstead Park, Ipswich IP9 2BJ Sat 29th February 2020
PROGRAMME
09:30 Arrival and registration
(Tea and coffee available to buy from café)
10:00 Welcome and introduction to the day
Martin Sanford, chair of Suffolk Naturalists’ Society
10:10 Plantlife’s road verge campaign: Transforming the way the UK’s
verges are managed
Kate Petty Road Verge Campaign Manager
10.45 Hazel Dormice on road verges
Ian White, People’s Trust for Endangered Species
10:55 Buglife, B-Lines and Road verges
Catherine Jones Pollinator Officer
11.30 Suffolk County Council Parish Roadside Nature Reserve Pilots
Holly Emmens, Cllr Richard Rout, Suffolk County Council
11:40 Tea and coffee (provided)
12.05 Norfolk verges
Ed Stocker, Norfolk County Council (TBC) and
Sam Brown, Norfolk Wildlife Trust
12.15 Highways for Wildlife Defending and extending the UK’s road verge
network for biodiversity
Mark Schofield, Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust
12:50
approx
Lunch – a range of options is available from the café, including Gluten
free, or bring your own
13.35 Introduction to afternoon sessions
13:45 Creating new verges of value to wildlife the importance of soil
fertility or lack of it
Phil Sterling, Butterfly Conservation
14.20 Verge grass to fuel – a possibility to make conservation pay?
Nick Cheffins, Peakhill Associates
14.40 Enhancing biodiversity along the strategic road network
Leonardo Gubert , (Senior Ecologist) Highways England
15:15
approx
Tea and coffee (provided)
15:45 Questions and Discussion with The Panel
16:40 Close of conference