Annual Reviews

Each year we now produce an 'Annual Review' for Friends and Members, which incorporates a summary of our formal Year-end Report, plus what we hope are some interesting highlights of the year in question.

The previous few Annual Reviews can be downloaded here:

2018 Annual Review

Members and Friends are sent these annual reviews as soon as they are produced each summer, and have an opportunity to attend our AGM each October and raise any issues.

If you would like to become a Friend, you can read more on our Join Us page, and then complete the application form.

UPDATED Announcement re coronavirus (COVID-19)

The car park to Magog Down is now closed, with effect from Tuesday 24th March 2020. The site remains open for access by foot or bicycle (please park your bicycle sensibly and then walk around the site).

Police guidance is clear that people should not be travelling by car to take their exercise away from home during these unprecedented times. This is supported by the Kennel Club. We recommend that our many hundreds of regular visitors take this opportunity while the streets are so quiet to enjoy exploring your local area: greet your neighbours (at a safe distance!), look around you and admire the architecture, and observe what flora and fauna is emerging in your street.

Essential maintenance work at Magog Down continues, so the entrance must be left clear at all times. Thank you.

News from the Down

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Notice of Event on 19 May

30th Apr 2013

FORTHCOMING EVENT All regular users of the Down, please be aware that on Sunday 19th May Stapleford Community Primary…read more

Improving habitat for winter feeding birds

7th Feb 2013

Magog Down has as its objectives those of providing recreation AND conservation. A recent report on an initial…read more

Woodland on Magog Down - Thinning Programme

5th Dec 2012

Woodlands were established on Magog Down in 1990 with high density planting with the intention of thinning to yield a harvest…read more

Special Promotion

20th Nov 2012

The Magog Trust has teamed up with Gog Magog Hills farm shop to offer new Friends a voucher for money off their shopping. Anyone…read more

Managing Restoration and Recreation

11th Sep 2012

The objectives of the Magog Trust are the provision of facilities for recreation AND the conservation, protection and restoration…read more

Hay Cut

4th Sep 2012

After the vagaries of the summer weather in 2012 and the subsequent pressure on our contractor, the hay was cut and baled…read more

Rare moth sighted

31st Jul 2012

An Orange-tailed Clearwing Synanthedon andrenaeformis was sighted on Magog Down in July. This species occurs in central…read more

Skylarks on Magog Down

28th May 2012

The commonly used expressions ‘Up with the lark’ and ‘What a lark’ are evidence of how widely and…read more

Our neolithic heritage

13th May 2012

Our neolithic heritage causewayed enclosures were constructed as places where chieftains or priests held revelries to help…read more

We say goodbye to Ann Taylor

10th Apr 2012

We say goodbye to Ann Taylor who has been our Administrative Assistant for sixteen years. When Ann joined, records were on…read more

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Old Newsletters

Up until 2011 we produced a twice-yearly Newsletter, and you can still download copies of some of these here:

In 2011 the re-designed website was launched, and so the decision was taken to stop producing these Newsletters, and instead to use this website as the main means of communication for news and articles of interest.

This move away from a regular Newsletter meant that more of the Members' and Friends' subscriptions could be spent directly on the costs of upkeep and husbandry on the Down.

We would love every regular visitor to Magog Down to help support its upkeep by becoming a Friend. Read more on our Join Us page, and then complete the application form.