THE Forestry Commission’s Centenary Tree Avenue was recently captured looking lovely in its autumn foliage.

The avenue, at Flashdown Plantation in Eggesford Forest, was completed in December 2019 to mark 100 years since the creation of the Forestry Commission by the post-war government.

Students from Chulmleigh Academy Trust planted 60 of the trees, with the final trees added by Sir Harry Studholme, (former) Chairman of Forestry Commission, Sir William Worsley, DEFRA Tree Champion, and Lord and Lady Clinton.

The avenue joins numerous other historic points of interest in Eggesford Forest, including the first Forestry Commission tree, and the Queen’s Stone, where Elizabeth II visited to commemorate one million acres of tree planting by the Forestry Commission in 1956.

Eggesford Forest, which is home to the very first trees planted by the newly created Forestry Commission in 1919 within Flashdown Woods, is free to visit for members of the public to enjoy these unique historic spots.

For further details, visit: www.forestryengland.uk .