Five diseased trees will be felled at Coalville Park

The trees will be felled over the coming weeks.

Trees in Coalville Park – including some that have been there since the park first opened – are at risk of falling due to disease.

Tree specialists have advised North West Leicestershire District Council (NWLDC) that four oak trees and one beech tree are diseased.

The trees will be felled over the coming weeks to ensure the disease affecting the trees doesn’t spread to other healthy trees in the park and to make sure visitors are kept safe. 

They will be replaced with three oaks, a copper beech and a rowan in March this year, along with additional planting of fruit trees in the sensory garden.

Councillor Michael Wyatt, Portfolio Holder for Community Services at NWLDC, said: “It’s saddened everyone who manages our parks that these trees need to come down. In a formal park like Coalville Park large trees like these are a significant part of the space.

“We won’t know until the trees are felled what the condition of the wood is. Once the trees are down, the trunks will be assessed for their suitability to become part of a future project. We’ll store any suitable wood and will look into potentially using the timber for sculpture or another use that with bring something positive to the park or other spaces in the future.”