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Didcot's oaks and other notable trees

Didcot's oaks
 and other notable trees

 
Important urban oaks that enhance the street scene

LADYGROVE PARK (WESTERN)

Mostly oak trees in several areas of Ladygrove Park west of Mersey Way

  MERSEY WAY  South from the A4130 roundabout entrance to Ladygrove Park, there are several groups of oaks in a public grassy area west of Mersey Way, including a large forked oak with slanting branches believed by the Woodland Trust to be two trees that have grown together. Further south, an oak grows adjacent to the brook that crosses Ladygrove and eventually flows north into the River Thames. 

  BLACKWATER WAY  In the residential roads of the Blackwater Way area, there are a number of urban oaks that give character to the street scene and remind us of the rural history of this area before Ladygrove Park was built in the 1990s. 

  AVON WAY  The streets around the northern part of Avon Way contain half a dozen mature oaks, including two on a green that also features a prominent large willow. 

  TYNE AVENUE  There are relatively few large street trees in this part of Ladygrove, but there are two on private land in the estate roads off Tyne Avenue, east from Willowbrook Leisure Centre. These two oaks are clearly visible from the nearby hill to the south of Ladygrove Lakes. 

MAP

 

  MERSEY WAY 

 Southbound from A4130 roundabout

Mersey Way group of 4 oaks

TPO: 8610G3

All probably less than 100

years old

Twin trunk, oldest of 5 oaks (a)

TPO: 86S10G2

East branch 307 cm in 2020

160 years = 1860

Twin trunk, oldest of 5 oaks (b)

TPO: 86S10G2

East branch 307 cm in 2020

160 years = 1860

Twin trunk, oldest of 5 oaks (c)

TPO: 86S10G2

East branch 307 cm in 2020

160 years = 1860

Twin trunk, oldest of 5 oaks (d)

TPO: 86S10G2

East branch 307 cm in 2020

160 years = 1860

Mersey Way group 10 oaks (a)

TPO: 86S10G1

Largest 270 cm in 2020

113 years = 1907

Mersey Way group 10 oaks (b)

TPO: 86S10G1

Largest 270 cm in 2020

113 years = 1907

Mersey Way group 10 oaks (c)

TPO: 86S10G1

Largest 270 cm in 2020

113 years = 1907

Mersey Way group 10 oaks (d)

TPO: 86S10G1

Largest 270 cm in 2020

113 years = 1907

Mersey Way group 10 oaks (e)

TPO: 86S10G1

Unwell oak Spring 2020

Mersey Way group 10 oaks (f)

TPO: 86S10G1

Unwell oak Autumn 2020

Mersey Way at brook

TPO: 86S10T25

Girth 189 cm in 2020

75 years = 1945

 

  BLACKWATER WAY 

 Streets in the Blackwater Way area

Blackwater Way by brook

TPO: 86S10T29

Girth 279 cm in 2020

120 years = 1900

Rother Garth, Blackwater Way

TPO: 86S10T32

Private garden

Teescroft, private garden

TPO: 86S10T33

Girth 294 cm in 2020

130 years = 1890

 

  AVON WAY 

 Southbound from A4130 roundabout

Path E of Avon Way at Dagdale

TPO: 86S10T6

Girth 166 cm in 2020

70 years = 1950

Monks Lode, Prestwick Burn

TPO: 86S10T4

Girth 181 cm in 2020

72 years = 1948

Avon Way / Dagdale at path

TPO: 86S10T3

Young oak replacement

for felled oak

Wandle Beck

TPO: 86S10T1

Girth 228 cm in 2020

95 years = 1925

Tavy Close open space

TPO: 86S10T10

Girth 188 cm in 2020

75 years = 1945

Tavy Close open space

TPO: 86S10T11, T12 willow

Oak 240 cm in 2020

100 years = 1920

 

  TYNE AVENUE 

 Two oaks near Willowbrook Leisure Centre

Swarbourne Close

TPO: 86S10T14

Private garden

View from Ladygrove Hill

Longford Way / Lea Grove

TPO: 86S10T13

Private garden

Path entrance pictured