Tag Archive: National Trust

Widening the Welcome

We were delighted to organise an event at Missenden Abbey focussing specifically on how to make visiting the Chilterns more accessible and inclusive.

Emergency surgery carried out on Hughenden’s Champion horse chestnut tree

Europe’s largest horse chestnut tree, at Hughenden, has had to undergo emergency tree surgery this week as a large crack has opened up in its main trunk. The 300 year old horse chestnut was designated Champion status in 2014 after rangers measured its girth. At 7.33m (just over 24 feet) it was officially verified as...