Flat Low Weald farmland, old hop gardens and orchards sheltered by tall windbreaks, and a town growing quickly on the edge of them.
Paddock Wood
Paddock Wood grew up around its railway station in the middle of hop country, and the oast houses dotted around it, with the Hop Farm at Beltring just up the road, still tell that story. The land is flat, the soil is heavy Weald Clay, and the weather comes straight across it.
Orchards and hop gardens here were sheltered by tall windbreaks of poplar and alder, planted to grow fast and close together. Many have outgrown their purpose, and where new homes have gone up alongside them, a long line of tall poplars can end up at the bottom of someone's garden.
With big new neighbourhoods being added around the town, there is plenty of new-garden work as well: hedges to keep in check, stumps to clear and young trees to keep in proportion.
Permissions
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
Paddock Wood is part of Tunbridge Wells borough, so its preservation orders, and any conservation-area notices, go through Tunbridge Wells Borough Council. On the new developments, trees can also be protected by planning conditions. We check all of it at the quote stage, so there are no surprises later.
Services in Paddock Wood
Taking down overgrown poplar and alder windbreaks near homes, in sections and in an order that doesn't leave the rest of the line exposed.
→Reducing the windbreak trees that are staying, to take weight out of tall, brittle crowns.
→Cutting leylandii and laurel back to height on the newer estates around the town.
→Grinding out stumps on new plots and old field boundaries, on flat ground that suits the machines.
→Clearing snapped poplar limbs after gales, something tall, fast-grown poplars are prone to.
→Common here
Poplars grow very fast and can shed large limbs, occasionally even on calm summer days. Old windbreak poplars near homes are worth a professional look.
Questions
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