The
parish covers about 3442 square acres and is roughly rectangular
in shape. It measures 4 miles from east to west at its widest
point and is 2¾ miles from north to south. The
surrounding land is mainly arable but some diary farming
exists. The surrounding area forms a shoulder of land that
divides the Avon valley to the west from the lowlands of
the River Marston tributaries to the east. To the north,
the scarp slope rises sharply from the Avon valley and slopes
more gently to the east around Tockenham. To the south, the
ridge narrows and slopes steeply on both sides, terminating
at the River Marden. The scarp rises from approx 60m in the
Avon Valley to 150m The prominent scarp slope rising from
60m AOD in the Avon Valley to 150m AOD at Lyneham airfield,
it reaches 128m AOD in the south around Wick Hill. On all
but the northeast edge there are small-scale fields and deciduous
ancient woodland.
The underlying area is scattered by many different deciduous
and evergreen trees, notably a majority of them have been
planted in amongst and bordering the open spaces and playing
fields.
Lyneham Green, to the north of the village, is a prominent
focal point to the village life both in the past and its
future and Lyneham and Bradenstoke Parish Council successfully
purchased the land and its trees from the former Estate owners,
the Heneage family in September 2006.
Agriculture is predominantly
pasture, with arable located on the more fertile higher
grade calcareous grit. There is a pattern of small fields
on the steeper scarp slopes with larger, more regular fields
on the plateau. These are bounded by hedges, which are predominantly
intact, forming a comprehensive network often with hedgerow
trees. The trees serve as an important land protection against
wind soil erosion from the prevailing winds Avon Vale
and Marlborborgh Downs. The village being located on a plateau,
elevated 500 feet above sea level, is well exposed to wind
and the trees not only serve purpose to preserve the areas
of natural beauty but maintain a greater level of wind protection.
On the steeper land and secluded valleys the hedges are
often outgrown, providing a strong sense of enclosure. Minor
roads are lined with high hedges and hedge banks, framing
and containing views out to the surrounding landscape. On
the more intensively farmed land the hedges are frequently
gappy and cut low.
Away from Lyneham itself the area has a strong rural character,
with small valleys, woodland and hedge system creating areas
of shelter and enclosure in the landscape, contrasting with
the vast views facilitated from the higher ground.
Any future development of Lyneham would be to ensure that
adverse landscape and visual countryside changes are minimised.
Maximum effort has been made to protect the ageing trees
and maintain a high amenity value, many planted for celebration
purposes, like landmark Millennium or Coronations trees on
the village green. Many of the trees have established into
mature and semi-mature plantation within the community.
Trees that afford better protection, local authorites impose
Tree Protection Orders against them. There are a few orders
in place to protect the following tree areas;
Lancaster Square (Tree Preservation Order No1 1999)
T1 to T12 inc Lime
T13 Horse Chestnut
T14 Ash
T15 Ash
Fern Farm Bradenstoke (Tree Preservation
Order No 1 1998)
T1 Lime
T2 Lime
T3 - T7 inc. Beech
T8 Copper Beech
T9 - T14 inc. Beech
Trees specified by reference to an area - within a broken
black line on the map.
G1 Group of 17 No Beech (Grid Reference SU 0048 7943) Situated
on the southern boundary of Fern Farm
63 The Green Lyneham (Tree Preservation Order No 1 1998)
T1 False Acacia
T2 Silver Birch
T3 Silver Birch
The Green Lyneham (Tree Preservation Order No1 2003)
T1 Copper Beech
T2 Lime
T3 Beech
T4 Copper Beech
T5 Fern-leaved Beech
T6 Copper Beech
T7 Lime
T8 Beech
T9 Lime
T10 Lime
T11 Copper Beech
T12 Copper Beech
T13 Copper Beech
T14 Beech
T15 Copper Beech
T16 Oak
T17 Beech
T18 Copper Beech
Pintail Court Recreation Ground (Tree
Preservation Order No1 2008)
T1 Hawthorn
T2 Hawthorn
T3 Norway Maple
T4 Ash
T5 Swedish Whitebeam
T6 Swedish Whitebeam
T7 Ash
T8 - 10 inc Norway Maple
T11 - T13 inc. Swedish Whitebeam
T14 Field Maple
T15 Field Maple
T16 Swedish Whitebeam
T17 Swedish Whitebeam
Group of Trees
G1 14 Silver Birch, 11 Hawthorn, 6 Rowan (Trees planted in
a straight line alongside the eastern side of Pintail Court
road and footway
G2 16 Whitebeam At rear of 130-137 Pintail Court in Recreation
Ground
Pintail Court, Eider Avenue and Mallard
Avenue Lyneham (Tree
Preservation Order No1 2009)
T1 Hornbeam
T2 Hornbeam
T3 Sycamore
T4 Hornbeam
T5 Hornbeam
T6 - T11 inc. Sycamore
T12 Silver Birch
T13 Sycamore
T14 Sycamore
T15 Sycamore
T16 Oak
Group of Trees
G1 - 26 Hawthorn, 26 Sycamore, 9 Ash, 15 Silver Birch -
(Six rows of semi-mature trees planted between Mallard Avenue
and Pintail Court (76 trees))
G2 - 28 Norway Maple, 19 Silver Birch, 15 Ash, 13 Sycamore,
6 Hawthorn, 4 Horse Chestnut -
(13 rows of semi-mature trees
planted in a "L" shape between
Mallard Avenue, Pintail Court and eider Avenue (85 trees))
G3 - 18 Lime -
(Surrounding the fenced in area of the Aeropark).
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