Previous news items and issues that we want to keep some attention on are linked here.
Notices appeared on December 5th 2008, beside Circular Road and above Walcombe Slade. Read on ...
The Council wants to start clearing the woodland from around Observatory Hill with a view,
eventually, to exposing the ramparts of the iron age fort and returning the whole area to grassland.
Read on ...
A Downswatch information flyer is available: Tree Clearance of Observatory Hill
Diseased ansd about to fall down?!! The Huntingdon Elm in May 2008. All over Bristol, Council tree officers are felling mature trees on health and safety grounds. Equipt with new diagnostic tools, not available to previous generations, and motivated by recent health and safety legislation, they are in haste to remove any trees that show any sign of disease. Read on...