New Urban Tree Trails and Treescape Website launched

Bath Urban Treescape and Bathscape Landscape Partnership are excited to announce the launch of Bath‘s first urban tree trails.
Designed by a team of tree and Bath enthusiasts, the four tree trails through the city of Bath and the council ward of Twerton, are supported by free paper maps and a website. The team wish to encourage Bath & NE Somerset residents, Bath workers and visitors to explore the city through its trees, noticing the city’s many amazing trees and the benefits they bring to us all. Each trail has around 22 trees; the tree locations are marked on the map and a paragraph of information is provided about each tree. Suggested activities for children and families to enjoy are included in the trails.

To access the trails, please visit the website: https://www.bathurbantreescape.com/ and/or request paper maps via the contact page on the website or email the team at hello@bathurbantreescape.com and they will be happy to deliver them.

Fiona Bell, founder of the Bath Urban Treescape team said, “It has been so rewarding to work with the many knowledgeable tree experts and discover the wealth of
wonderful trees growing in plain sight around us. I am particularly proud that Bath is joining cities like Brighton and London in raising awareness of local street trees. We
hope that sharing our guide: ‘How to design an urban tree trail in your locality’ will increase the tree trails across our local authority area.”

Lucy Bartlett from Bathscape, said, ‘Trees are a crucial element of what makes Bath a landscape city and we want people to pause, look up and notice them! A local
neighbourhood like Twerton can also celebrate the the splendour of its urban trees’

Professor Barry Gilbertson, Chair, The City of Bath UNESCO World Heritage Site, observed : “I have been supportive of this volunteer team’s superb initiative since
inception a year or so ago. One of Bath’s attributes of Outstanding Universal Value, ascribed to our 1987 World Heritage Inscription, is our green countryside setting. Easy to imagine outside the city boundary, but also very important within. Frankly, the four tree trails are simply brilliant. Great for the enthusiast, great for walkers
and great for families who want to spend time together learning ‘nature stuff’, whilst looking round our beautiful city.”

A guided tree trail walk participant said: “I enjoyed learning about trees I have walked past for years, not looking at carefully or knowing their names.”