Tree Trail

You will need to have the tree trail map available on your mobile device to follow this trail. Get it here or find a link towards the bottom of this page.

The basic walk is about a mile. There is an additional mile over the Savick brook bridge and another 1/3rd mile around the pond, so you can tailor it to your needs. There are a few trees marked on the map that are not on this trail, take them in as well if you like!

From the car park, up the road to...

• Wych Elm

Into the park and find...

• Horse chestnut (conker or cheggie tree)

• Black Poplar

• Lime (a whole avenue of them!)

Stop off here to look at the rose garden...

• Holly

• Copper Beech

• Oak

• Birch

• Hawthorn - pink (it has pink flowers in May)

• Mulberry (the most popular tree in the park)

• Weeping Willow

Now you have an option around part of the nature reserve and less formal parts of the park, adding about a mile, or jump over this bit and do it another day...

Over the bridge..

• Beech

Over the little bridge (you could skip these 4, but you'll miss out)...

• Blackthorn

• Hawthorn

• Apple (lots of them)

• Elder (if you are feeling brave, there may be nettles!)

Back over the little bridge...

• Alder

• Hazel

• Ash

• Sycamore

• Scots Pine (is it being cuddled?)

• Silver Birch

• Hornbeam

• Crab apple

• Western red cedar

• Aspen

• London Plane

• Tulip

Back over the bridge...

Now another optional bit around the pond, adding about 1/3rd mile...

• Red Oak

• White Poplar

• English Elm (a bit buried in the other trees)

• Lombardy Poplar (probably the most photographed trees in the park, after the lime avenue)

• Sweet Chestnut

Back to the 'short' trail we take in the Sensory Garden...

• Walnut

• Eucalyptus

• Lilac

and then...

• Turkey Oak

• Rowan

• Field Maple

And the back up the big path to the car park, or have a play!