Managing Poplar suckers at Westlands

An activity with North Essex Biodiversity Action Team (Midweek)

Activity date: Sunday 1st February 2026

Start time: 10:15
Finish time: 15:00

Activity description

We will be felling Poplar trees to create space for Oaks and to prevent Poplar suckers from spreading to the adjacent grassland.

Meeting place

Britannia car park at 10a.m. or James Carter Road at 10.10a.m.

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Activity location

Westlands Country Park, James Carter Road Colchester, CO3 9XA

Site description

Area of land recently aquired by CBC. Old landfill site which is now open park with many trees planted.

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

Created on the site of the former Shrub End landfill, the site is owned by Essex County Council and run in partnership with Colchester City Council (CCC). Following closure of the landfill operation the site was capped and planted with trees in three phases between 1998 and 2002. Along the western edge of the site runs a scheduled ancient monument, part of the Kidman’s Dyke North and Middle: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum of Camulodunum.

Site Facilities

• Nearest Toilets - Leather Bottle public house- at Straight rd junction with Shrub End Rd

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