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Emsworth Town Centre Tree Trail

Emsworth Town Centre Tree Trail - There are many fine trees throughout Emsworth in recreation grounds, parks, nature conservation areas and other public Trre trail bookletspaces in addition to several tree-lined avenues such as Havant Road Horndean Road and Warblington Road.In the town centre, most of the trees of any size are in private gardens, in Church grounds, along the eastern side of the Town Mill Pond, or in the area adjoining the River Ems and Brook Meadow. The Trail takes you around the central area and identifies some fine trees which can be viewed from public paths, some of which can get very muddy in spring and winter.Many of the trees in the town centre have been pruned, crown reduced, or pollarded mainly for masons of space constraints or the proximity of roads. Tree Preservation Orders (TP0s) have been put on a number of trees throughout Emsworth because of their amenity value. The town centre area south of the A259 is designated as a Conservation Area. Any tree felling or maintenance work within this area requires Local Authority permission.This Trail has 26 different types of trees, with 3 conifers and 23 broadleaved trees. Seventeen of these trees are native to

Great Britain, and in addition a mixed hedgerow of at least 8 additional native trees, including 1 evergreen.The Tree Trail is intended to be of interest to both residents and visitors to create awareness of the value of trees in our street scene. Children particularly are encouraged to use this Tree Trail booklet. The Trail takes about one hour to one-and-half hours to complete.The map on the centre pages shows the route of the Trail starting from  Palmers Road car park, although it can be joined at any point.

Copies of the Booklet (£1.00) \re available from:
Emsworth Museum, Emsworth Bookshop, Bookends, Borland & Bound Estate agents and The Brookfield Hotel.

This entry was posted on 27/03/2008 at 03:59 pm and is filed under News, Conservation, Emsworth's Environment. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response or trackback from your own site.

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