Action to keep vehicles off the common
Friends of Quantock own the land on the South side of the road from Over Stowey to Crowcombe almost from one cattle grid to the other. We hold it in trust on behalf of the public for their enjoyment, leisure …
Quantocks News
The 2022 FoQ Magazine
As soon as the earliest snowdrops appear you know the Friends of Quantock wonderful annual publication is about to land on your doormat. This year’s magazine is just as exciting as past years with articles on: The rare flora and …
FoQ Object to the Washford Solar Farm
Beneath the wide wide Heaven…The many-steepled tract magnificentOf hilly fields and meadows, and the sea So Coleridge described the view from high on the Quantock Hills. Friends of Quantock often comment on planning applications in the parishes around the hills …
The Mystery of the Disappearing Dormouse Boxes
Dormouse numbers have been in serious decline across the UK for many years, it is thought because of loss of habitat. They live in deciduous woodland especially scrub and hedges rarely setting foot on the ground. They are nocturnal, sleeping …
May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month
May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month, which means Lyme Disease UK are launching their annual Wake Up To Lyme Campaign. This year, the campaign will be entirely online due to the pandemic and LDUK’s got a brand new look! Head …
The FoQ Magazine Spring 2021
Brightening our days like Spring sunshine the 2021 FoQ |Magazine is published this week and will be posted out to members in the next day or two and to any new members joining this year. As ever the little booklet is …
2021 Free Quantocks Illustrated Book with all New Memberships
A gift book ‘The Quantocks Illustrated’, free with all new memberships. Following our popular Christmas 2021 promotion, we are including a gift for all new members – the beautiful guide to the villages, views and changing seasons of the Quantock …
‘The Quantocks Illustrated’ Christmas Gift Membership Package
Friends of Quantock have teamed up with Out and About Images to offer this beautiful photographic guide to the Quantock Hills, Christmas wrapped with a one year FoQ household membership package and delivered directly to the recipient with a personal greeting message. …
Quantock Deer Management & Conservation Group
Deer, and in particular its substantial red deer population, form an important part of the ecology and cultural history of the Quantock Hills. The Quantock Deer Management & Conservation Group was formed in 1991 to promote liaison on deer issues …
Slow the Flow – Water Management
Over the last 4 years the Quantock Hills Rangers have worked in close partnership with colleagues from Farming & Wildlife Advisory Group SW and Natural England to carry out some “Slow the Flow” works mainly in the Wills Neck and …