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Langley Vale Wood is one of four First World War Centenary woods created by the Woodland Trust. It is located in Langley Vale, near Epsom, on the North Downs. It consists of 641 acres, including some ancient woodland (120 acres) and open downland. Access is by public right of way and there is a charging car park at the site. [1] [2] [3]
The Woodland Trust is the largest woodland conservation charity in the United Kingdom and is concerned with the creation, protection, and restoration of native woodland heritage. It has planted over 68 million trees since 1972. [ 4 ]
The SSSI is part of a 153.2-hectare (379-acre) site, also called Bisham Woods, which has been owned and managed by the Woodland Trust since 1990. [6] The woods [7] consist of several sections. The northern part is the ancient woodland SSSI, with compartments known as Quarry Wood, Fultness Wood, High Wood and Inkydown Wood.
"Ted Green, one of the country’s leading authorities on Ancient Trees, woodland fungi, forest soils and associated micro-organisms." Royal Forestry Society [ 13 ] Green was awarded the Royal Forestry Society's Gold Medal for Distinguished Services to Forestry by RFS President Sophie Churchill in March 2017.
A veteran tree, Linde von Linn, in Switzerland (2006) A veteran tree is one that has ancient features but not the great age of an ancient tree, and is a tree of great cultural, landscape, or biodiversity value due to its ecological and habitat features.
The Woodland Trust altered the format in 2016, introducing an additional round of voting to name a single tree of the year for the whole country. All four national winners were still entered into the European competition. [6] As of 2017, only the overall British winner is entered into the European Tree of the Year awards. [7]
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The call to create a Charter for Trees, Woods and People was first made in January 2016. [6] The Charter for Trees, Woods and People was launched on 6 November 2017 [7] on the 800th anniversary of the Charter of the Forest. The Tree Charter address different issues to the historic charter because society and priorities have changed so much.