
WE SAID NO
In 2017, Highways England announced that they wanted to build a dual carriageway right through the middle of Rimrose Valley, a country park in Sefton near Liverpool. The only green space in a heavily populated and urbanised area. The purpose of this dual carriageway? To increase the capacity of the nearby Port of Liverpool, owned by Peel Ports. A privately owned organisation based in the Isle of Man. The WE SAID NO podcast tells the story of how the campaign to fight the road and the damage to both the environment and to public health came to be. And how its actions brought a community together in defiance of the Government's plans.
Podcasting since 2020 • 17 episodes
WE SAID NO
Latest Episodes
We did it! Rimrose Valley is Saved!
On Wednesday 30th October 2024, after 7 long years of campaigning, the Port of Liverpool Access Road was finally cancelled in the Chancellor’s Autumn Budget. Despite this having been a possibility, the news still came as a shock to both the cam...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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47:32

Liverpool's Most Wuthering Heights Day. Ever!
On Sunday 28th July, the Save Rimrose Valley campaign staged “Liverpool’s Most Wuthering Heights Day… Ever” at Rimrose Valley Country Park.The event, which celebrated Kate Bush’s birthday, saw hundreds of people from across Liverpool and...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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19:43

Sefton Air Pollution. Take a deep breath.
In this special edition of our podcast series we are revisiting the topic of air pollution. We last covered this in 2021 and heard about just some of the impacts the poor air quality in our part of Sefton has on people’s lives. In ...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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40:41

Flower Power
We’re approaching the end of winter and spring is on its way! With that in mind, we decided to take a closer look at one of the most popular projects our charity, Rimrose Valley Friends, has delivered in recent years. The creation of a ...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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13:20

Looking back on 2022. And looking forward to 2023.
As 2022 comes to an end, members of our campaign team caught up to mull over the year, to reflect on some of the key developments, and to revisit some of the other projects undertaken by our charity, Rimrose Valley Friends.2023 is set to...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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21:06
