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Stratford’s trees are part of its character, and working on them takes more thought than most places. Gardens in Old Town and around the centre are often walled, shared or reached through a passage, and many sit inside conservation areas where the council must be notified before a saw is even started. We are based a short drive away between Leamington and Southam, and Stratford-upon-Avon is a regular part of our week: removals and reductions in the town itself, and tree and hedge work out in Shottery, Tiddington, Bridgetown, Alveston, Wilmcote and the villages around. Every job starts with a proper look at the tree, the access and what stands beneath it, then an honest recommendation and a clear written quote. Our work is backed by more than 90 five-star Google reviews from customers across Warwickshire.
Stratford has several conservation areas covering the town centre, Old Town and beyond, and inside them any tree with a trunk wider than 75mm needs six weeks’ written notice to Stratford-on-Avon District Council before work, on top of individual Tree Preservation Orders elsewhere in the town. Plenty of tree work in Stratford goes wrong at exactly this step. So we do it for you: tell us the address when you ask for a quote, we check whether the tree is protected, and where a notice or application is needed we prepare it as part of the job. Nothing starts before it legally can, and you are never the one chasing the council.
Along the Avon and the streams that feed it, gardens in and around Stratford often come with willows and poplars, trees that grow fast, carry heavy limbs over water and lawns, and become brittle with age. Left alone they shed branches; managed on a sensible pollarding or reduction cycle they stay safe and keep their shape for decades. We set up and maintain those cycles, and we also deal with the other end of the scale: mature garden trees showing decline, including ash affected by dieback, which needs specialist handling rather than a ladder and a bar.
Including emergency callout
Including emergency callout
Often, yes. Much of central Stratford sits in conservation areas, where trees with a trunk wider than 75mm need six weeks’ notice to Stratford-on-Avon District Council, and some trees carry their own Tree Preservation Order. We check both for you before quoting and handle the paperwork where it is needed.
Yes, that is normal Stratford work. Where machinery cannot reach, the tree is climbed and dismantled in sections, with the wood lowered on ropes and carried out through whatever access exists. It takes longer than an open-garden job, which is why we always look before we price.
Yes. Riverside willows and poplars are a regular part of our work around Stratford. They respond well to pollarding and cyclical reduction, and we plan the job so nothing ends up in the water.
All of them. Shottery, Tiddington, Bridgetown, Alveston, Wilmcote, Snitterfield, Welford-on-Avon and the rest of the area between Stratford and our base near Southam.
Always, unless you would like logs or woodchip left. The site is swept and tidy when we leave, whether it is a small crown reduction or a full removal.
It depends on the tree, the access and what stands around it, which in Stratford varies more than most towns. Quotes are free and without pressure, so you will know exactly where you stand before deciding anything.
Most people ringing us about a tree have already had one quote that felt vague, or a firm that never turned up to give one. We do the simple things properly: we come and look at the tree, tell you what we would actually do and why, put it in writing, and then arrive when we said we would.
Being based near Southam rather than in Stratford itself has turned out to be a strength for the work we do here. It means we come equipped for the awkward jobs, the walled garden with no vehicle access, the tree behind three other gardens, the willow that has to come down over water, because those are the ones people struggle to find someone for. Over ninety five-star Google reviews across Warwickshire, and a lot of our Stratford work now coming through recommendations, suggests the approach works.
We look at the tree, check whether it is protected, and give you a written quote with a clear price. If the council needs notifying we prepare that first and tell you honestly how long it adds. On the day we protect what is underneath, take the tree down in the order we planned, and clear as we go rather than leaving it all to the end.
You get the site swept and the waste taken away, unless you want logs or woodchip kept back, in which case we stack them where you want them. Nothing is left for you to sort out afterwards, and if something on site turns out different to what we quoted, you hear it from us before we carry on, not after.
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