Brand New Bridges at Phoenix Green Common

If you go along to Phoenix Green Common near Dilly Lane in Hartley Wintney you’ll find three new bridges in the woods.

These new structures have been put in over ditches in the woodland to make the pathways safer and more user friendly.

Two of the old bridges have been taken out over shallow ditches and replaced with culverts which are safe and easy to maintain, and over one of the deepest ditches on the Common a proper bridge has been put in place with strong Oak sleepers and wooden hand rails. The Oak sleepers used are strong and sturdy and should last for many years to come, but they also stay in keeping within the woodland setting.

The new bridge is also wider than the previous one, meaning we have better access when we are doing any traditional woodland management such as coppicing or haloing Phoenix Green’s beautiful old Oak tree's.

Three more bridges are due to go in on the opposite side of the A30, in the woodland off Grange Lane. The old structures will be removed and better, safer bridges will be going in. So look out for these new editions to the Common in March.