The site of the wood, before planting began
The Hazel Pear Wood is a development by the Woodland Trust, with generous financial support from Sainsbury's Homebase.
Some 4,500 trees of mixed species were planted, and the area landscaped as a village amenity. The photo above shows the seven acre field on Station Road, Acton Bridge, before planting. Here's an extract from the Woodland Trust's own page...
"Roughly square, the site is new native broadleaved woodland planted in four blocks covering 2.08 ha interspersed with a network of rides and open ground (approximately 0.72 ha). The planting mix comprised: English (Pedunculate) oak 35%, common alder 20%, ash 15%, silver birch 10%, rowan 5%, and 10% woody shrubs: hazel 5%, hawthorn 2%, dog rose 2%, and blackthorn 1%."
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| The new gateway to the field | Planting the sapling trees in March 2000 | |
| Click on the link to read about the visit by children from Crowton School in October 2001 | ||
The nascent Hazel Pear Wood, in October 2000, showing the notice board
The map of the Hazel Pear Wood
December 2000, the frozen pond
December 2000, berries in the frost
November 2001, the oak tree in Autumn colour
November 2001, the Merestone
June 2004, the pond
June 2004, one of the rides
June 2006, the entrance and display board
Above and below - July 2010, the entrance and the ride parallel to Station Road
More pictures from July 2010 appear below
Another generation of Oak in the making!
Here are links to our 10th Anniversary celebrations on Sunday 29. August 2010, and our Volunteer Coppicing Day on 3. March 2016
Click on the link to read about the visit by children from
Crowton School
And here are links to the
Woodland Trust Website and their own page about the
Hazel Pear Wood.
Please call back here, as more images and references will be added in the coming weeks.
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