The BVC carryout practical conservation work including:

Bank erosion management
Bat / bird box building
Dam building
Dry stone walling
Dune restoration
Hedge Laying
Hedge planting
Pond creation and restoration
Reed bed planting
Rhododendron clearance
Scrub clearance
Tern raft building
Tree planting
Wetland management
Widlife gardens
Wild flower planting
Willow coppicing
Woodland management

 The BCV have worked at sites such as :

Anderton Conference Centre, Anderton, Chorley
Astley Moss SSSI, Astley
Barlow Park, Edgeworth, Lancashire
Belhouse Lodge, Daisy Hill, Westhoughton
Belmont Reservoir, Belmont
Belthorn Village, Blackburn
Blackleach Country Park, Walkden, Salford
Blackrod Primary School, Blackrod
Canon Slade School, Bradshaw, Bolton
Captains Clough, Halliwell, Bolton
Chatsworth House, Derbyshire
Chew Moor Meadows, Westhoughton, Bolton
Clifton Country Park, Clifton, Salford
Coed Pen-Y-Maes wood, Holywell, North Wales
Colliers Row Wood, Colliers Row, Bolton
Cowlees Pond, Westhoughton, Bolton
Cox Green Quarry SBI, North Bolton
Darcy Lever Gravel Pits, Darcy Lever, Bolton
Deane Clough, Deane, Bolton
Doffcocker Lodge Local Nature Reserve, Bolton
Eatock Lodge Local Nature Reserve, Westhoughton, Bolton
Eagley Junior School, Bromley Cross, Bolton
Entwistle Reservoir, Entwistle
Ewood, Blackburn
Gait Barrows SSSI, Arnside, Cumbria
Georges Wood, Bury
Gronant Dunes and Talacre Warren SSSI, Talacre, Flintshire
Hart Common Church, Westhoughton, Bolton
Leg of Mutton Wood,Smithills, Bolton
Moses Gate Country Park, Moses Gate, Bolton
Nob End SSSI, Moses Gate, Bolton
Orrell Water Park, Wigan
Pennington Flash Country Park, Leigh, Wigan
Ravenden Clough, Smithills, Bolton
Ravenswood, Ladybridge, Bolton
Red Moss SSSI, Horwich, Bolton
Rixton Clay Pits SSSI, Warrington
Rivington Pike Ornamental Gardens, Rivington, Bolton
Rumworth Lodge, Lostock, Bolton
Spring Meadow Woods, Egerton
St George's Primary School, Daisy Hill, Westhoughton
St Micheal's Primary School, Bolton
Seddon Fold Farm, Lostock, Bolton
Seven Acres Country Park, Breightmet, Bolton
Turton Tower, Turton, Bolton
Wigan Flashes Local Nature Reserve, Wigan
Worsley Woods, Worsley, Salford

The BCV have worked with many organisations over the years including:

Amphibian and Reptile Group of South Lancashire
Barlow Institute, Edgeworth, Lancashire
Bolton Council
British Mountaineering Council
Croal Irwell Ranger Service
Cumbria Wildlife Trust Woodland Trust
Darcy Lever Gravel Pits Action Group
Deane Golf Club, Deane, Bolton
Flintshire Countryside Service
Lostock and Chew Moor Residents' Group
Red Lee Conservation Trust
Salford City Council
United Utilities
Walmsley Unitarian Chapel, Egerton
Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council
Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester and North Merseyside
Wildlife Trust Mid-week Group