Council Owned Trees and Woodland

 

The Trees and Woodland Team is responsible for over one million trees throughout the City, villages and surrounding district. If you would like a Council tree to be inspected see the Trees and Woodland Services A-Z entry for contact details and office hours.

 

Trees on private land are dealt with by the Natural Environment Team. See the Tree Preservation Services A-Z entry for contact details and office hours or the tree preservation orders webpage for further details.

 

Tree management in the City varies from areas of semi-natural ancient woodland to newly planted saplings. Details for all these trees are being added to a new tree database which will include their age, type, location, size and history.

 

The City owns and manages 37 hectares of ancient woodland. The oldest of which can be traced back to having continuous woodland cover for over 1000 years.

 

A detailed management plan is being drawn up to assure the care and protection of these important areas for future generations.

 

 

 

Throughout the 1970's and 80's, as the City expanded, 250 hectares of new woodland was planted screening residential areas and business areas as well as lining all the main parkways through the City. This woodland is now maturing and creating important areas for recreation and wildlife.

 

 

 

The street trees are mainly in the older districts of Peterborough and are managed on a four year cycle. To do this the Council uses a mixture of both modern and traditional methods to preserve the trees and character of the streets in which they grow.

 

 

 

As well as the trees in the City there are many fine specimens in the surrounding villages and countryside.