SRA Annual Report 2021-22: Trees for Water Action Fund
This Fund for tree and hedge planting helps people across Somerset to reduce local flood risks arising from surface water run-off. It’s designed to suit small sites where local knowledge and expert analysis suggest that planting will make a difference. On top of grants given by Somerset Rivers Authority (SRA), free trees and shrubs worth £20,000 are supplied by the Woodland Trust. Planting is usually carried out by landowners themselves and many local volunteers.
The project is led by Reimagining the Levels, working in collaboration with the Farming & Wildlife Advisory Group SouthWest (FWAG SW). It is popular with participants.
Mendip
Butleigh, 2 Rood Cottage, Kingweston Road, 212 trees, 123 shrubs; North Wootton, Mead Lane Field, 350 trees, 350 shrubs, 155 metres (m) stock proof fencing; Parbrook, Withial Farm, 375 trees and 375 shrubs in two strips; Shepton Mallet, Windsor Hill House, Windsor Hill, 200 trees, 200 shrubs; Spargrove, Carrot Hill Farm, 440 trees, 440 shrubs; Walton, Windmill Hill, 15 trees, 140m hedgerow; Westbury sub Mendip, Nottley Field, 75 trees and 75 shrubs; Westbury sub Mendip, Shepherd’s Barn Field, Lynchcombe Lane, 125 trees, 125 shrubs; Westhay, Sunnyside Farm, 75 trees, 75 shrubs, 15 hedgerow trees, 140m hedge planting; West Pennard, Southtown Farm, 175 trees, 175 shrubs, 38m of hedging; Witham Friary, Iron Mills Farm, 190 trees, 190 shrubs; Wookey, Wookey Farm, 175 trees, 175 shrubs.
Sedgemoor
Ashcott, Potato Cottage, 200 trees, 200 shrubs, 92m stock proof fence; Middle Stoughton near Wedmore, Bear House Farm, 100 trees, 100 shrubs, 100m fencing; Moorlinch, Hams Barton, 350 trees, 350 shrubs, 180m stock proof fencing; Moorlinch, Spring Farm, 50 trees, 50 shrubs; North Newton, Hedging Lane (Hope Nature Project), 220 trees, 220 shrubs.
South Somerset
Ash, Hurst Drove, Witcombe Lane, 95 trees, 95 shrubs; Barrington, Hill Farm, 685 trees, 175m hedge planting; Compton Dundon, Peak Lane (Compton Dundon bridleway), 15 trees, 140 metres hedge planting; Curry Rivel, Curry Woods Conservation Trust land near the highest point of the parish, 240 trees and 160 shrubs; Henley, Tutnell House, 40 trees, 40 shrubs, 30m triple row hedge; Hornsbury Hill near Chard, Northayes Farm, 75 trees, 75 shrubs; Isle Brewers, Isle Brewers Lane, 550 trees, 550 shrubs, 25 hedgerow trees, 648m of fencing; Knole, Twelve Acre Farm, second phase, 176 trees, 150 shrubs, 265m of hedge; Knole, West Knole House, 3 trees, 86m hedging; Langport, Merricks Farm, 350 trees, 50 shrubs; Langport, Park Lane Farmhouse, 30 trees, 30 shrubs; Pitney, The Old Stables, land from Park Lane up to Pitney Wood, second phase 175 trees, 175 shrubs, 110m of stock proof fencing; Queen Camel, The Nook, 100 trees, 90 shrubs, 65m fencing; Sparkford, Sparkford Hill Lane, 8 trees, 80m hedge planting.
Somerset West and Taunton
Bishops Lydeard, Eastcombe Farm, 700 trees, 120 shrubs, 160m hedge planting; Bradford-on- Tone, Tone Green, 85 trees, 85 shrubs; Gotton, Pengotton, 65 trees and 65 shrubs; Holywell Lake, Triangle Field, 27 trees and 9 shrubs; Kingston St Mary, Beacons Close Farm, 150 trees, 150 shrubs, 150m fencing; Kingston St Mary, field off Parsonage Lane, 160 trees and 160 shrubs; North Curry, Newport Hill Cottage, near Banana Cottage, 35 trees, 35 shrubs; Stoke St Gregory, Williams Hall, 2 trees and 120m of hedge.
