Bad news! Cruising might be about to change at Snaresbrook! A new Habitat Restoration Programme is about to start, mid-September 2024.

The plans seem to suggest that much of the scrub, holly and other vegetation –  which provide the privacy we enjoy – are going to be removed, leaving only the ‘veteran trees’ and allowing a much lighter, open, environment which will favour the original grassland that once existed.

OWL has received some info from Epping Forest about the proposed work at Snaresbrook – part of a plan across all of the Forest from south to north. It’s on our dedicated Habitat Restoration Plan page which will be updated when further information becomes available. Click here.

They say that a public consultation was carried out in February. We weren’t aware of it!