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Panshanger Park



Discussing the wetlands at Panshanger Park

February 3, 2023
Owned by Tarmac, Panshanger Park is a former quarry site that has been restored to a stunning country park. This World Wetlands Day, Michael Charlton, Tarmac’s mineral estates manager, discusses how the park has been carefully restored to create a number of wetland areas and habitats.
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Local leaders support major tree planting effort at Panshanger Park in memory of Her Majesty

January 20, 2023
Hertfordshire dignitaries and community leaders came together on Thursday 19 January to plant trees and mark our contribution to the Queen’s Green Canopy initiative.
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Tarmac brings the cake and good spirits in support of Panshanger parkrun

January 5, 2023
Tarmac employees were out in numbers at Panshanger Park in December, volunteering to support the Panshanger parkrun and its 165 participants on a chilly Saturday morning.
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Winter wonderland

December 19, 2022
Panshanger Park is 1,000 acres of countryside situated between Welwyn Garden City and Hertford. Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust is working with the park's owners, Tarmac, and Herts County Council to manage the park for both people and wildlife.
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Panshanger Park invites you to join tree planting events this Winter

December 6, 2022
We are actively encouraging local residents to get digging at a series of tree planting days, as part of our contribution to the Queen’s Green Canopy initiative. Designed to create a living legacy in Her Majesty’s name, a new public woodland is set to be created at the Hertford-based park...
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Jubilee woodland planting at Panshanger Park

November 30, 2022
Hints of Winter are starting to creep in and the hours of daylight are getting shorter. Trees are becoming barer and the incoming Winter migrants, such as the wigeon and gadwall – on and around the lakes – are fully settled in for the season. The jays, squirrels and other...
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Watch out, there’s acorns about

October 27, 2022
Panshanger Park is 1,000 acres of countryside situated between Welwyn Garden City and Hertford. Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust is working with the park's owners, Tarmac, and Herts County Council to manage the park for both people and wildlife.
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Timber from local woodland receives special tree-tment to create new fencing at Panshanger Park

October 13, 2022
Timber sustainably sourced from Holborough Woods, near Snodland, in Kent, has found a new home at Panshanger Park.
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Changing of the seasons

October 5, 2022
Panshanger Park is 1,000 acres of countryside situated between Welwyn Garden City and Hertford. Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust is working with the park's owners, Tarmac, and Herts County Council to manage the park for both people and wildlife.
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Opportunity to celebrate the life of her Majesty the Queen as Jubilee planting comes to Panshanger Park

September 27, 2022
Planting of a new jubilee woodland is soon to begin at Panshanger Park, with members of the local community being given the opportunity to show their respects by planting trees in memoriam to honour Her Majesty the Queen.
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