27 February 2025

The Rougham Estate Trust has recently been engaged in felling Norway Spruce trees across its land. This is the result of the arrival of the Spruce Bark Beetle in our woodlands and other woods in East Anglia and South East England. This beetle has arrived in this country from Asia via mainland Europe and threatens Spruce plantations across the country. The Forestry Commission is taking this outbreak very seriously as it threatens their vast plantations in Northern England as well as in Wales and Scotland.

As part of the gradual restoration of the Pleasure Grounds around Rougham Hall, we have just created some pathways through the wildflower meadow.