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Rebel ride through Marlhill Copse
Rebel Riders visiting Marlhill Copse on their way to the XR events in London
The oak included in the 'pines' to be felled.
One of the 'Storm Lanterns' at Marlhill Copse
[Photo; Lizzie Jones]
Glorious Acers
[Photo: Liz Batten]
Down near the 'Old River'
A Green City Saxon?
Friends of Marlhill Copse - The first walk through the woods (February 2019)
Protect Marlhill Copse (21st Century)
500 year old oak having due admiration
The Mayor visits 31 May 2019 and receives the petition with over 4000 signatures.
SIGILLVM VILLE SVTHAMTONIE
SIGILLVM VILLE SVTHAMTONIE
Southampton City Seal (13th Century)
Replica of which was attached to the Tree Preservation Zone proposal given to the Mayor
The Saints proceeding up Meggeson Avenue after winning the FA Cup in 1976. Near the skyline the Trees of Marlhill Copse that have interfered with the airport's hopes to fly heavier more laden planes. The airport wanted them down in 1983, 2003 and 2019 trying to tell the City Council they were allowed to under air-safety legislation. [Photo: Daily Echo]
Photo take from further down Meggeson Avenue in May 2020.
Above is taken from Copsewood Road (next to Bitterne Park School) in 2003.
This is roughly the same spot as the 2003 B & W photo. The gap is visible. This is a screenshot of google maps photo downloaded on 8 June 2020.
Left is T119 (now felled - July). The leaves are from a tree in front. The needles/leaves of the Monterey are much higher up.
T119 has been nominated by a number of people for the Woodland Trust's 'Tree of the Year' 2020.
T124 below is shortly to be felled
Canopy markers for the trees scheduled for felling in 2019. At the right is marker for tree 13993 (the vertical blue line points to its exact position). In the 2020 felling this has been changed to T119. In 2019 the reason for this trees felling were the very bogus grounds of interfering with safety (don't need planning application for that - but legal action forced them out into the open). Of course they would have interfered with air safety - if the aircraft were larger more-laden ones needed to go to Greece etc. The airport's planning director in fact admitted at a public meeting (we have the recording and affidavits) that the reasons for felling were commercial. This reasoning proved to be unpopular. Wonder why T119 is now labelled a danger to those on the ground this time? mmmmm...worth another shot I suppose. Particularly if the airport offers to pay for the trees that annoys some of the neighbours.
T124 is 14002 (the tree that penetrates most into the flight surfaces - by 22.15 metres. It is 33 metres tall) and T120 is 13996.
The above is taken from the 2020 application. Orientation is different to the colour photo above (will try to align shortly). 119 above is 13994 in the colour photo. 168 seems a typo - is in fact 163 (the beech - now felled).
Above is a detail from an aerial photo from 1939. Just under the aircraft is Marlhill Copse. Old Mansbridge reservoir and The stone Mansbridge are clearly visible. Note the Houses of Moat Hill, St.Helena Gardens and River Walk have not yet been built. https://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/en/image/EPW060855 . The field boundaries are very similar to the 1931 OS map [maps]. T 119 is probably visible at the far left of the picture then T120 to the right and T124 (about where the field boundary touches the Copse).
The runway and Marhill ~ 2020. Google Earth [see also maps Google Earth].
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