Our 2022 litter picking schedule

​The next planned litter picks are:​​​
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  • Saturday 17th Sept at 10am - we are helping to clean up Warwick Street Green - the greens space in between Warwick Street and Greengate Lane - in partnership with 'Prestwich Environmental Forum'. We'll be litter picking, removing brambles, preparing for a raised flower bed. If you have secateurs please bring!
  • Sunday 02nd Oct at 10am - starting from Best One Convenience store car park at Rainsough Brow, to tackle the litter on this hill and at the car park to Drinkwater park. 
  • Sunday 20th Nov 2022 at 1pm - starting from outside Habers World, Kings Road - in partnership with Jewish Action for Mental Health and for Mitzvah Day - for the 2nd year running we are running this popular litter pick to tackle the litter around this thriving area of Prestwich. 
​Following a poll on Facebook in Jan 2022, the following list of locations for litter picking have been identified - if you want to recommend another please contact us here.
Priority
Location
1
Sandgate Rd near Prestwich Heys Football club
Completed on 8th May,  
Catherine Swinburne lead  in partnership with 'Plastic Free Prestwich' and 'Surfers Against Sewage'.
Heys Rd near the shop & bridge
3
St Mary's Park near Bowling Green
Completed - 3rd July 22 - Richard Gold led
Windsor Rd, meade Hill Road and Bowker Vale tram stop area
Completed - 3rd April  22 - Roger Liddy led
Clifton Road headed toward Drinkwater Park
Completed - 6th March 22,  Gill Boyle led
Heaton Park Northern Play Area near Tree Top Trek
7
Park View Rd
8
Barnfield Park
Completed 
Bury New Rd starting from outside PO walking up to M60 roundabout
Adopt Your Street
We are also encouraging individual / solo litter picking - which can be done as it is a volunteering activity - and also can be done as part of your daily exercise. Please see Adopt Your Street for more information about how to claim your free litter picker and how to start doing solo litter picking.

See Events Archive for information on previous litter pick events.