Trees are important, they play a significant role, we need trees to help us live a more healthy and less stressful life.
Trees benefit life in the Borough by:
- Cleaning the air
- Creating wildlife habitats
- Reducing noise
- Improving the landscape of the Borough
- Providing shelter
- Creating shade
- Helping to stabilize ground & prevent erosion
- Extracting carbon dioxide
- Releasing oxygen
- Aiding relaxation
Did you know?...
- Almost 300 species of insect live on oak trees
- A 100 year old Beech tree will produce enough oxygen for 10 people each year
- A 2.5 acre Beech woodland extracts approximately 4 tonnes of dust per year
- A forest sized plantation of trees can remove as much as 10.8 tonnes of dust on an average summers day
- A 30m wide belt of trees can reduce noise by up to 21 decibels
- A Bristle Cone Pine, the oldest tree in the world, is approximately 8,000 years old
- The birch tree, the smallest tree, grows to a height of 300mm
- Trees can save up to 10% energy consumption by slowing down wind speed
- Shade from trees provide an effective barrier to UV radiation
- Trees can absorb CO2 and produce oxygen
- Beech trees are the oldest species of tree in the Borough some being over 200 years old
Within the Borough of Bury
Both native and exotic trees grow in the council parks, along highways, in gardens, within housing estates, woodlands, schools and cemeteries.
For the full list visit our Trees Planted in the Borough web page
Bury Council employs specially trained staff to manage the Council's tree stock in parks, highways and other public open spaces The Trees and Woodlands Officer deals with trees which are deemed to be dead, dying or present a nuisance, for example, to pedestrians or road users.
A set of leaflets giving useful advice on tree planting, care and maintenance and other guidance is available from The Arboricultual Association website by clicking on the Publications page.
Go to the Arboricultual Association's website
Service information leaflet
The service information leaflet for tree management includes:
- How we provide the service
- Trees in the borough
- Street tree-pruning programme
- Common problems - your questions answered
Download the service information leaflet for tree management (2 page, 225kb, pdf)
How to contact us
For enquiries about trees (except Tree Preservation Orders) contact the Customer Contact Team:
Phone: 0161 253 5353
E-mail: customercontactteam@bury.gov.uk
On-line: Report a problem
Write or call in: Highway Network Services, Lester House, 21 Broad Street, Bury, BL9 0AW
For enquiries about Tree Preservation Orders/Procedures contact The Landscape Practice:
Phone: 0161 253 5267
E-mail: landscapepractice@bury.gov.uk
Online: Apply for consent to work on protected trees
Write to: The Landscape Practice, Craig House, 3rd Floor, 5 Bank Street, Bury, BL9 0DN
Related information
Go to our Tree Preservation Orders/Procedures web pages
