New trees mark Queen's Diamond Jubilee in Nantwich (From Crewe Guardian)

New trees mark Queen's Diamond Jubilee in Nantwich

1:30pm Monday 6th February 2012 in News By Katie Durose

HUNDREDS of young trees have been planted on a new rural corridor linking Crewe and Nantwich to commemorate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.

The trees were donated by the Rotary Club of Crewe and Nantwich Weaver and planted by arboriculture students from Reaseheath College on the Crewe-Nantwich Greenway near the A530 Middlewich Road, Wistaston.

It is hoped that the mix of native species, which include hawthorn, blackthorn, field maple, birch and oak, will grow into a wood which will benefit the local community and its wildlife for years to come.

The scheme has been supported by the Woodland Trust, which is giving away free trees as part of its Jubilee Woods project to mark 60 years of the Queen as monarch.

Volunteers also plan to plant a Royal Oak sapling - grown from an acorn gathered from a royal estate – in Church Square in Nantwich town centre.

This will commemorate a second significant local event – the Great Fire of Nantwich in 1583 – when Queen Elizabeth 1 played a major part in helping to rebuild the town.

Rotarian Neil Brown said: "The main objective of Rotary is service - in the community, in the workplace, and throughout the world - so it's great to be able to both mark the Diamond Jubilee and pay tribute to Elizabeth I. There's a great royal tradition in the area and we hope the trees we plant will last hundreds of years."

The trees have been planted along a rural corridor linking Nantwich’s riverside walks with Crewe’s historic Queen’s Park.

The project, which should be completed by the summer, is aimed at offering cyclists and walkers a traffic-free link between the two towns.

The Greenway will be added to the 13,000 miles of Sustrans’ National Cycle Network, which is developing new walking and cycling routes across the UK.

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