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Who cares for our wildlife? Who can tell me more? Many organisations care for nature in Derby . Derby City Parks 01332 716272 Going The Council looks after parks and open spaces, Park Rangers - 9am to 9pm all week 01332 367800 operates museums, runs a countryside Tourist Information Centre 01332 255802 Derby Museum and Art Gallery 01332 716659 management service, and DERBY CITY COUNCIL Environment Projects Of ficer 01332 255021 wild raises environmental Derby Central Library - Enquiries 01332 255398/9 awareness in schools. The www.derby.gov.uk Derbyshire Wildlife T rust Derbyshire Wildlife T rust 01773 881 188 provides independent www.derbyshirewildlifetrust.org.uk about information and gives Derby Natural History Society 01332 515859 advice on sites of wildlife Entomological Society - Derbys and Notts 01283 215188 Derbyshire Ornithological Society 01246 236090 value. Conservation Wildflower planting, West Park Meadow LNR RSPB - Derby branch 01283 734851 Derby volunteer groups do Greenpeace - local group 01332 552469 practical work on wildlife Friends of the Earth - Derby 01332 727237 sites. Campaign groups such as Friends of the British T rust for Conservation V olunteers 01629 825317 A resource Earth raise awareness of local environmental Derbyshire Conservation V olunteers 01332 733871 issues, while local natural history societies often Derby Rainbow - help for teachers/groups 01332 298185 guide to the hold events and activities related to Derby ’s RSPCA - injured animals 08705 555999 wildlife of Derby wildlife. Many would welcome your Police - Wildlife Liaison Officer 01773 570100 involvement. See 'Who can tell me more? ' Local Bat Group 01629 57845 Local Badger Group 01283 813796 English Nature 01629 815095 Trails and leaflets Traveline - all bus services 08706 082608 Adult Education classes St Helen ’s House 01332 717900 These free guides are a selection of those Adult Education classes 08000 280289 available from the T ourist Information Centre in For all local society details visit www.lidnet.org the Market Place, Derby Museum and Art Gallery or each ranger ’s office. Please tell us if you need this document in large print, on audio tape, computer disc or in Braille. T1 Allestree Park Nature T rail 2.0km You can contact us on 01332 255093 or on T2 Alvaston Park T ree Trail 0.8km minicom 01332 256666 or fax . 01332 255989 T3 Arboretum T ree Trail 1.0km Or use the equipment at Central Library , T4 Chaddesden W ood LNR 1.0km Wardwick to convert this into voice and large T5 Park T ree Trail 0.8km print. Please contact us if you need help reading T6 Derby's Lower Derwent T rail 4.5km this document or any part of it translating. T7 Derby's Riverside Quarter T rail 3.5km T8 Derby's Upper Derwent T rail 4.5km Hindi T9 West Park Meadow , Spondon 0.7km 01332 256057 Punjabi W1 Allestree Circular W alk 9.0km 01332 256057 W2 Gt. Northern Circular W alk 11.0km W3 Markeaton Circular W alk 6.0km Urdu W4 Radbourne Circular W alk 6.0km 01332 256057 W5 Circular W alk 6.5km Plain English by Leaflet produced by the Planning and Museums For wheelchair access see each leaflet. Divisions of Development and Cultural Services Photographs kindly provided by A Bousie, For information on park facilities ask N Brown, R Frost, W Grange, M Hamblin, for our leaflet called ‘Derby’s Parks ’. D Hastings, N Moyes, M Roome and G T oon. DERBY CITY COUNCIL