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Scrub coppicing, Woodcock Down HWCP
An activity with North Essex Biodiversity Action Team (Midweek)
Activity date: Tuesday 16th December 2025
Start time: 10:15
Finish time: 15:00
Activity description
Coppicing scrub and felling trees at Highwoods Country Park. No prior experience needed. Tools, PPE and training provided on site. Stay for full or part of the day!
Meeting place
Pick up from Britannia car park near Colchester Town station at 10am, or meet at High Woods Country Park visitors centre at 10.15am.
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Activity location
High Woods Country Park: visitors centre, High Woods Visitor Centre Turner Road Colchester, CO4 5JR
Site description
High Woods Country Park is one of Colchester's beauty spots. The park provides habitats for thousands of different birds and mammals, including woodland, a lake, wildflower meadows, marshes, hayfields, scrubland, and open spaces.
Pick Up Point
Contact
Michael Padmore
Telephone: 07764655682
Email: essex@tcv.org.uk
Website: https://www.tcv.org.uk/essex
Please bring
- packed lunch
- suitable outdoor clothes
- suitable outdoor footwear
Further info
Coppicing trees such as Hawthorn is intended to replicate the natural processes that maintain diversity in a woodland in a wild ecosystem. It ensures that there are trees of a range of ages, which benefits a greater variety of plants and animals. Please wrap up warm for outdoor winter work Toilets at the visitors centre.
Site Facilities
- Disabled Access
- Parking
- Picnic Area
- Toilets
- Disabled Toilets