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This is a list of some of the organisations and websites in the UK which are involved with conservation, countryside management and wider environmental concerns. The BTCV web site (www.btcv.org) provides links to a very large number of environmental organisations throughout the world.

WEBSITES

Websites with useful information on hedging include:

www.hedgelayer.freeserve.co.uk

Paul Blissett's hedges and hedgelaying site. An excellent site run by a professional hedgelayer with information on hedges, hedgelaying, training, employing a hedgelayer. Links to other relevant sites.

www.hedgeline.org

The website of a national organisation campaigning against nuisance hedges, mainly Leyland Cypress hedges in gardens. Tel: 02476 388822

www.naturenet.net

A countryside management and nature conservation site for rangers and countryside volunteers, with useful information on countryside law, rights of way and other matters.

ADDRESSES

Arboricultural Association
>Ampfield House, Ampfield, Hants SO51 9PA
>Tel:01794 368717
>www.trees.org.uk

Association for the Protection of Rural Scotland
>Gladstone's Land (3rd floor), 483 Lawnmarket, Edinburgh EH1 2NT
>Tel: 0131 225 7012
>www.aprs.org.uk

Brogdale Horticultural Trust
>Brogdale Road, Faversham, Kent ME13 8XZ
>Tel: 01795 535286
>www.brogdale.org.uk

Common Ground
>Gold Hill House
>21 High Street
>Shaftesbury
>Dorset
>SP7 8JE
>01747 850820
>www.commonground.org.uk

Council for the Protection of Rural England (CPRE)
>Warwick House, 25 Buckingham Palace Road, London SW1W 0PP
>Tel: 020 7976 6433
>www.cpre.org.uk

Council for the Protection of Rural Wales
>Ty Gwyn , 31 High Street, Welshpool,
>Powys SY21 7YD
>Tel: 01938 552525
>www.cprw.org.uk

Countryside Agency (England)
>John Dower House, Crescent Place, Cheltenham
>Gloucester GL50 3RA
>Tel: 01242 521381
>www.countryside.gov.uk

Countryside Council for Wales
>Plas Penrhos, Fford Penrhos, Bangor,
>Gwynedd LL57 2LQ
>Tel: 01248 385500
>www.ccw.gov.uk

Countryside Management Association
>Writtle College
>Lordship Road
>Writtle
>Chelmsford
>Essex CM1 3RR
>Tel: 01245 424263
>www.countrysidemanagement.org.uk

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra)
>Nobel House
>17 Smith Square
>London
>SW1P 3JR
>Tel: 020 7238 6000
>Helpline: 08459 335577
>www.defra.gov.uk

Department of Agriculture and Rural Development for Northern Ireland
>Dundonald House, Upper Newtownards Road, Belfast BT4 3SB
>Tel: 028 9052 4999
>www.dardni.gov.uk

Dry Stone Walling Association
>PO Box 8615, Sutton Coldfield,
>West Midlands B75 7HQ
>Tel: 0121 378 0493
>www.dswa.org.uk

English Nature
>Northminster House, Peterborough PE1 1UA
>Tel: 01733 455000
>www.english-nature.org.uk

Environment Council
>212 High Holborn, London WC1V 7BF
>Tel: 020 7836 2626
>www.the-environment-council.org.uk

Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group
>National Agricultural Centre, Stoneleigh, Kenilworth, Warwickshire CV8 2RX
>Tel: 024 7669 6699
>www.fwag.org.uk

Fieldfare Trust
>67a The Wicker, Sheffield, South Yorkshire
>Tel: 0114 270 1668
>www.fieldfare.org.uk

Flora locale
>122 Derwent road
>Thatcham
>RG19 3UP
>www.floralocale.org

Forestry Commission
>231 Corstorphine Road, Edinburgh EH12 7AT
>Tel: 0131 334 0303
>www.forestry.gov.uk

Game Conservancy
>Fordingbridge, Hampshire SP6 1EF
>Tel: 01425 652381
>www.game-conservancy.org.uk

The Greenwood Trust
>Station Road, Coalbrookdale, Telford,
>Shropshire TF8 7DR
>Tel: 01952 432769
>www.greenwoodtrust.demon.co.uk

Henry Doubleday Research Association
>Ryton Organic Gardens, Coventry CV8 3LG
>Tel: 024 7630 3517
>www.hdra.org.uk

Lantra (National training organisation for the
>land based sector)
>National Agricultural Centre, Kenilworth, Warwickshire CV8 2LG
>Tel: 024 7669 6996
>www.lantra.co.uk

Landlife
>National Wildflower Centre, Court Hey Park , Liverpool L16 3NA
>Tel: 0151 737 1819
>www.landlife.org.uk

National Hedgelaying Society
>16 Narcot Lane, Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire HP8 4DA
>Tel: 01494 873980
>www.members.lycos.co.uk/hedgelaying

National Urban Forestry Unit
>The Science Park, Stafford Road,
>Wolverhampton WV10 9RT
>Tel: 01902 828600
>www.nufu.org.uk

Ramblers Association
>2nd Floor, Camelford House, 87-90 Albert Embankment,
>London SE1 7TW
>Tel: 020 7339 8500
>www.ramblers.org.uk

Royal Forestry Society of England, Wales and Northern Ireland,
>102 High Street, Tring, Herts HP23 4AF
>Tel: 01442 822028
>www.rfs.org.uk

Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)
>The Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire SG19 2DL
>Tel: 01767 680551
>www.rspb.org.uk

Scottish Natural Heritage
>12 Hope Terrace, Edinburgh EH9 2AS
>Tel: 0131 447 4784
>www.snh.org.uk

Scottish Wildlife Trust
>Cramond House, Cramond Glebe Road,
>Edinburgh EH4 6NS
>Tel: 0131 312 7765
>www.swt.org.uk

Shell Better Britain Campaign
>King Edward House, 135a New Street,
>Birmingham B2 4QJ
>Tel: 0121 248 5900
>www.sbbc.co.uk

Small Woodlands Association
>The Cabins
>Malehurst Estate
>Minsterley
>Shropshire
>SY5 0EQ
>Tel: 01743 792644
>www.smallwoods.org.uk

Sustrans Ltd
>35 King Street, Bristol BS1 4DZ
>Tel: 0117 926 8893
>www.sustrans.org.uk

Thrive
>The Geoffrey Udall Centre, Beech Hill,
>Reading RG7 2AT
>Tel: 01189 885688
>www.thrive.org.uk

The Tree Advice Trust
>Arboricultural Advisory and Information Service, Alice Holt Lodge, Wrecclesham, Farnham,
>Surrey GU10 4LH
>Tree Helpline: 09065 161147
>www.treeadviceservice.org.uk

Tree Council
>51 Catherine Place, London SW1E 6DY
>Tel: 020 7828 9928
>www.treecouncil.org.uk

Woodland Trust
>Autumn Park
>Grantham
>Lincolnshire NG31 6LL
>Tel: 01476 581111
>www.woodland-trust.org.uk

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