Croxley Common Moor

22/04/2026

One of the objectives for the Friends of Croxley Common Moor is to reduce the amount of scrub across the Moor. Over dominant bushes of Blackthorn and Hawthorn spread over the open grassland blocking sunlight and preventing the wild flowers and grasses from growing. An extra bonus of clearing the scrub is that new sight lines are opened up.
Below are the before and after pictures of the latest seasons cutting sessions. Before, is on the boundary of the 'model airplane flying area'. After, taken from virtually the same spot shows an opening created through the scrub to allow access to another open area of the Moor and a view across to the river.

04/12/2025

On Wednesday 3rd December a joint operation between CountrySide Rights of Way, the Friends of Croxley Common Moor and a working party from Northwood HQ took place on an initially very misty site. The forecast showed that the mist would be burnt off and the sun would shine on the volunteers. And so it did.
Around 45 people were deployed across the 5 hour working window, spread far and wide over the current seasons targeted area. A great deal of scrub was cut and burnt, brambles too. At the end of the session this area of the Moor looked a little less overgrown and a new sight line had been established allowing views towards the river from the middle of the Moor.
The Friends meet on the 2nd Sunday of each month (10:00 to 13:00hrs) and will continue to open up this area thus returning it to open Moorland. If you see us on the Moor come over and have a chat, perhaps we could interest you in joining our team.

15/09/2025

September marks the start of The Friends of Croxley Common Moors autumn/winter/spring task. This involves the removal of over dominant and unwanted shrubs and bushes (scrub).
This months session centred around clearing of a small sized thicket in preparation for a fire site to burn the debris from this and subsequent sessions.
The 'Friends' meet on the second Sunday of the month (3rd Sunday in November) at 10:00am. This season we'll be working on the right hand side of the main path about 150 metres in a south westerly direction from the main gate near the river.
Yesterday we were visited by the cows whilst we were working.
Feel free to pop over for a chat or maybe join us for a workout.

12/07/2025

Both this weekend's events (Saturday walk and Sunday volunteer session) are now cancelled, in view of the UK Health Security Agency amber heat health alert for the South East for the whole weekend.
Apologies for any disappointment or inconvenience.

16/06/2025

Our brand-new website is live.
Take a look here: https://www.croxleycommonmoor.org.uk/Home/

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03/01/2025

Happy 2025, why not include volunteering as one of your New Years resolutions. The Friends of Croxley Common Moor would love to see you at one of our Sunday morning sessions. The next session is on the 12th Jan 2025 at 10:00 am, meet by the entrance to the Moor by the canal at the bottom of Mill Lane or meet us at the current work site just to the left of the main path about a third of the way across. Tools and safety equipment provided, hot drinks too.

14/10/2024

Sunday 13th October saw the 2nd of this seasons cutting sessions. The Friends of Croxley Common Moor are continuing to manage overgrown areas of the Moor in order to enhance the views and reduce over dominant shrubs to encourage a more diverse range of natural ground cover plants, and make the Moor a more pleasant place to walk. We were joined by the herd of Red Sussex cows that are currently residing on the Moor.

28/08/2024

Today saw the completion of a new boardwalk on Croxley Common Moor.
Countryside & Rights of Way Service and their volunteers completed the task on two Wednesday sessions.
The finished boardwalk will enable users of the Moor to traverse a particularly damp area with ease.
Thank you to all involved.

11/08/2024

20/05/2024

We have cows back on Croxley Common Moor. Red Sussex is the breed. Please keep your dogs under control around them Thank you.