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Surrey Heath Police crime bulletin: September 2017, 1st Update Surrey Police Community Volunteer, Steph Edwards, reports on recent thefts, burglaries, and criminal damage in Surrey Heath in the latest 

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I visited a friend in Heatherside yesterday. He was delighted to tell me about how the Borough Council had cleared vegetation between the Giant Redwood trees, and improved the path between the avenue of trees. They can be seen after a little way into Cumberland Avenue from the Maultway, and by looking right, there is a magnificent avenue of Giant Redwood trees. Once called Wellingtonia’s and now properly known as Sequoiadendron giganteum.

Redwood World has the details of the avenue of over 200 Giant Redwood trees, beginning in Yockley Close, through Heatherside Recreation Ground, almost reaching Upper Chobham Road. There’s a lovely comment in the Redwood World article, which says

“Thanks to Duncan who sent us some very interesting information about this avenue: I can tell you this avenue was planted in 1865 by my great great grandfather, Frederick Street (1835-1906). He did this on behalf of Augustus Mongredien – the then owner of Heatherside House (a pretty house which still stands beside the B311, at the northern end of the avenue), with its associated tree and shrub nursery which extended over some 30 acres nearby of what was then the Bagshot Heath.”

There’s nothing left of the nursery, but the avenue of trees.

From their introduction to the UK from California in the 1850’s the tree was called a Wellingtonia. A successful marketing ploy to associate the new tree species with a famous general. However, the rest of the world didn’t much like our cultural imperialism and by 1962 the name Wellingtonia was changed to Sequoiadendron giganteum.

Here are my photos, and a short video on recognising a Giant redwood with it’s familiar soft bark. Click on photos to enlarge.

Giant redwood tree avenue in Heatherside spruced up I visited a friend in Heatherside yesterday. He was delighted to tell me about how the Borough Council had cleared vegetation between the Giant Redwood trees, and improved the path between the avenue of trees.

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County Council candidates for Heatherside and Parkside ward Here's the statement of persons nominated for the upcoming county council election on May 4th for Heatherside and Parkside ward.

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Images with thanks, Alan Meeks, Rev Larry Bain and Richard Johnson-Jones.

Felling of a Wellingtonia (Sequoia Redwood) in Yockley Close, Heatherside – Photo blog Images with thanks, Alan Meeks, Rev Larry Bain and Richard Johnson-Jones.

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Christmas gets underway on the Heatherside – Photo blog

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Surrey Heath councillor meets triumphant All Blacks

Surrey Heath councillor meets triumphant All Blacks #Camberley #LoveCamberley #Surrey

Surrey Heath Borough Councillor for Heatherside and life long Rugby fan, Paul Ilnicki, was lucky enough to meet some of the world cup winning All Blacks during their stay at Penny Hill Park Hotel in Bagshot as they returned from their victory at Twickenham last weekend.

Cllr Ilnicki not only met captain Richie McCaw and Dan Carter (pictured), named World Cup Rugby Player of the Year 2015, but he…

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Heatherside WI plants a tree on the recreation ground

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Heatherside travellers 'catalyst' for planned residents' association

Heatherside travellers 'catalyst' for planned residents' association #Camberley #LoveCamberley #HeatherSide #Surrey

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Residents set up a meeting at Heatherside Recreation Ground to create the group after the traveller incursion at the site caused ‘a lot of upheaval and upset.

Campaigners in Camberley’s Heatherside ward want to establish a residents’ association, partly in response to a recent traveller incursion.

An initial meeting of 13 residents was held on Tuesday last week (June,…

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