The parkland landscape at the Stables Business Park in Rooksbridge has been enhanced with the planting of more than 5,000 trees by Hinkley Connection contractors working for National Grid. With a mixture of native broadleaf trees that include oak, beech, hazel and holly the plantation was created in January and is set to form a substantial woodland area as the trees mature. “We had wanted to create a woodland habitat to encourage the deer, foxes, badgers and birdlife that already visit the park,” said business park owner Tom Dalley, “and when Hinkley Connection said they had a scheme for landowners to plant trees along the route of the new power lines we took them up on the offer.” Hinkley Connection is a joint project featuring National Grid, Western Power and EDF at Hinkley Point C Nuclear Power Station to replace the existing electricity cables and pylons between Hinkley Point and Seabank just north of Avonmouth.
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