Tree Warden – Binsted Parish Council
The appointed Tree Warden for the Binsted Parish Council is currently Ben Hamlin who can be contacted at binstedtrees@gmail.com. Ben is not a member of Parish Council but works closely with us. His remit is to act as a ‘friend of the parish’s trees’ and to encourage the planting, protection and promotion of local trees and hedges.
Tree Wardens access training days, support and advice offered through the Tree Council and they have access to the latest expert guidance, on topics from ash dieback to new alternatives to plastic tree guards.
If a parishioner wants to talk to someone local person about tree care, the Tree Warden is often willing to make visits, but purely in an advisory role. Tree Wardens also get involved in local projects, such as arranging local tree planting days, rejuvenating local woodlands in need of management, or raising funds for local tree planting projects.
Tree Walks about Binsted
Bentley Station and The Wooden Bungalow tree walk
This walk is approximately 2.5 miles in length, parts of it over rough ground, starting and ending at the Forestry Commission car park off Gravel Hill Road. You will stop and admire magnificent examples of ten species of tree, have the opportunity to identify many more, and also to walk through the Butterfly Conservation meadow, to the start of the Shipwrights’ Way near Bentley Station.
You will skirt round the Alice Holt Arboretum housing a fine collection of trees from around the world but, in the main, you will see native species, butterflies and take a little more exercise than the Arboretum offers.
Please see below link to map of walk
The walk is also available here
Binsted Tree Walk
This walk is approximately 2.5 miles in length, parts of it over rough ground, starting and ending at the Binsted Recreation Ground car park in The Street. You will stop and admire magnificent examples of ten species of tree, have the opportunity to identify many more, and have the opportunity to reflect on tree-related issues, such as wildlife conservation and tree regeneration.
Please see below link for map of walk
The walk is also available on ViewRanger here
Rowledge and Holt Pound Tree Walk
This walk is approximately 2.5 miles in length, parts of it over rough ground, starting and ending at the Rowledge Recreation Ground car park in School Road. You will stop and admire magnificent examples of eight species of tree, have the opportunity to identify many more, and also to reflect on tree-related issues, such as ‘wilding’ and tree preservation.
Rowledge and Holt Pound are perched on the eastern edge of Alice Holt Forest, and were settled originally to exploit timber as a fuel and as a structural material. As the timber industry has modernised this area has lost much of its commercial importance but has become a tree museum. This is true not only of the neighbouring Glenbervie Inclosure, maintained by Forestry England, but also of the gardens adjoining it, that have been owned by forestry folk and planted with their favourite species.
Please see below link for map of walk
The walk is also available on ViewRanger here
Abbotts Wood and Bucks Horn Oak Tree Walk
This walk is approximately 3.3 miles in length, parts of it over rough ground, starting and ending at the Abbott’s Wood car park off Dockenfield Street. You will stop and admire magnificent examples of ten species of tree, have the opportunity to identify many more. On the way you will pass the Alice Holt Forest Centre, with refreshment and toilets if needed, and also walk a section of the Shipwrights’ Way.
Please see below link for ma of walk
The walk is also available on ViewRanger here
