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