Arthurs Wood And Cedars Wood Evictions

Police and Bailiffs moved in on the 21st to begin the process of evicting protesters from Arthur's wood. At least 30 people were in the trees and 4 people in the tunnel.

Arthur's wood is due to be chopped down by Manchester Airport PLC in order to satisfy the requirements of the civil aviation authority to provide an obstacle limitation surface for Manchester airports second runway.Arthur's wood is very old and has many large trees. When you walk through the wood many established species can be seen. A lot of these species can take hundreds of years to become established. This diversity will be lost by machinery and tree felling which will rip apart the soil structure a crucial part of any fragile Eco system.

As we go to press there are still four people in the tunnel and eight in the trees. Scab climbers put up a T-junction between trees to get onto the platform of a treehouse They have started digging under the 1st door of the tunnel, but have been really slow. There have been over 15 arrests so far. People are being asked to do solidarity actions against the National Trust whose number is 01625 523012

Phone Arthurs Wood for more details.