Sarah is a Senior Countryside Officer within Epsom & Ewell Borough Council’s Countryside Team. She has worked at the council for nearly 23 years. Collaborative working plays an important part in being able to provide safe and biodiverse green spaces for our residents, and visitors. Never has this been more keenly demonstrated than through the Epsom Common Local Nature Reserve (LNR) achieving the Green Flag Award, an international quality mark, for an amazing 18th consecutive year.

Working with partners and volunteers helped us to meet the ‘Welcoming Place’ criteria for the award, ensuring Epsom Common LNR is healthy, safe & secure; clean & well maintained; and sustainable with signposts, benches and other furniture sourced and produced locally.

We work alongside the Epsom Common Association and an amazing volunteer workforce that includes EcoVols (volunteer arm of the Epsom Common Association) who regularly lead conservation tasks, The Countryside team volunteers and Lower Mole Partnership volunteers.

Sarah said:

Green spaces are for everybody to enjoy, and it’s great being part of such a passionate team that works hard to make this a reality. Our strong relationships with partners and volunteers enable us to manage biodiversity, improve public access and enhance visitor experiences within our local nature reserves. Ultimately our aim is to provide residents with habitats and areas they be proud of. 

Our countryside walks are designed to help residents and visitors explore - What's on | Epsom and Ewell Borough Council (epsom-ewell.gov.uk).