In the name of Ash Die Back, public safety and thinning, large numbers of trees have been removed from Hyde Woods at Chalford.
This wood has always had logging operations taking place. Some years ago after a lot of tree felling somebody put a sign on the entrance gate that simple said ‘vandals’.
This is on a somewhat bigger scale though and looks excessive. If you want a nice walk in a decent wood try the woods at Ashmeads by the Chalford playing fields.
The photo below shows new views of Chalford church.
Lots of replanting has been done with native broadleaved trees. It will be interesting to see how they turn out but it’s not going to be quick. A year has passed and it still looks terrible.
The politics of cutting down trees aside, its opened up some great views of the Chalford valley revealing some fine old buildings.
Info sign below about the felling. The blue areas are the parts of the wood undergoing felling / thinning.
It’s worth a walk into the woods to check out the views before they disappear as the new trees grow. There’s a couple of ways into the woods, the easiest is probably by the railway bridge at the bottom of Cowcombe Hill.
Article below from the BBC was published since I published the above.
