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Didcot's oaks and other notable trees

Didcot's oaks
 and other notable trees

 
Some urban oaks, and a walk to a timeless rural oak setting

FLEET MEADOW

Sandringham Road, Regent Gardens, Richmead, Marsh Rec, South Moreton footpath

  SANDRINGHAM ROAD ESTATE  The Fleet Meadow estate (originally called Fleetway when it was built in the 1970s) boasts mature trees around parts of its perimeter, particularly to the south, and a few more central to the estate. 

  MARSH REC + RICHMEAD  Adjacent to the recreation area and playground just southest of Marsh Bridge is a row of oaks all over 100 years old. To the east is the private land of Richmead, containing many mature trees including several redwoods (possibly sequoias). 

  SOUTH MORETON FOOTPATH  To walk east on Marsh Lane past Marsh cottages south of the railway towards South Moreton (Oxfordshire footpath 189/12) is to increasingly leave suburbia behind and to step back into a seemingly timeless distant landscape of mature oak trees, woods and fields. The walk passes a long line of oaks that forms the boundary of the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. In early 2021 a planning application for 325 homes built to the east of Fleet Meadow and up to the line of oaks was refused by the Planning Inspector after a public inquiry because (amongst other reasons) it would cause "unacceptable harm to the character and appearance of a valued landscape and the landscape character and scenic beauty of the AONB and its setting". This decision sets a good precedent which should hopefully limit Didcot's spread in this direction. 

MAP

 

  SANDRINGHAM ROAD ESTATE 

 Mostly on the estate perimeter

Sandringham Road (near 69)

TPO: no

Sandringham Road at

Beaufort Close

TPO: no

Sandringham Road

TPO: no

Regent Gardens

TPO: no

Inaccessible – in Richmead

Fenced - no public access

Mansfield Gardens (near 55)

TPO: 19S29T6

Inaccessible

View of Mansfield Gardens

from South Moreton footpath

TPO: 19S29T6

Inaccessible

 

  MARSH REC + RICHMEAD 

 Recreation ground south of Marsh Bridge

Marsh Rec row of oaks

TPO: no

Largest 355 cm in 2020

170 years = 1850

Marsh Rec row of oaks

TPO: no

Largest 355 cm in 2020

170 years = 1850

Marsh Rec row of oaks

TPO: no

Largest 355 cm in 2020

170 years = 1850

Marsh Rec row of oaks

TPO: no

Largest 355 cm in 2020

170 years = 1850

Marsh Rec row of oaks

TPO: no

Largest 355 cm in 2020

170 years = 1850

Marsh Rec view of Richmead

Redwood (sequoia?)

TPO: no

No public access

 

  SOUTH MORETON FOOTPATH 

 East past Marsh Cottages

S Moreton path small wood

TPO: no

Fenced

S Moreton path small wood

TPO: no

Fenced

South Moreton footpath

TPO: 19S29T1-T5

T1 on path, others

on private farm land

South Moreton footpath

TPO: 19S29T1-T5

T1 on path, others

on private farm land

South Moreton footpath

TPO: 19S29T1-T5

T1 on path, others

on private farm land

South Moreton footpath

TPO: 19S29T1-T5

T1 on path, others

on private farm land

South Moreton footpath

TPO: 19S29T1-T5

T1 on path, others

on private farm land

South Moreton footpath

TPO: 19S29T1-T5

T1 on path, others

on private farm land

South Moreton footpath

TPO: 19S29T1-T5

Nearest 372 cm in 2020

185 years = 1935

S Moreton path footpath

TPO: 19S29T1

Girth 372 cm in 2020

185 years = 1935

South Moreton footpath

TPO: 19S29T1-T5

T1 on path, others

on private farm land

South Moreton footpath

TPO: 19S29T1-T5

T1 on path, others

on private farm land

South Moreton footpath

TPO: 19S29T1-T5

T1 on path, others

on private farm land

Distant E/W wood in AONB

TPO: no but AONB protection

Inaccessible

Far N/S wood outside AONB

TPO: 19S29W1

Inaccessible