insideSUSSEX Magazine Issue 04 - June 2015 | Page 9
NEWS
AMEX STADIUM TO HOST FATHER’S DAY LUNCH
Football mad dads can be wined and dined on
their special day this month within sight of Brighton
and Hove Albion’s hallowed turf.
Sodexo Prestige Venues & Events, which
manages the conference and banqueting facilities
at the club’s state-of-the-art Amex stadium, has
organised a special Father’s Day lunch on Sunday
21st June for lovers of the beautiful game.
Families will be served a three-course carvery
meal, prepared by Sodexo’s award-winning team
of chefs and each father will receive a free pint of
beer in recognition of their special day.
The Amex Stadium has excellent transport
links, including an on-site main line rail station and
complimentary parking.
The Father’s Day lunch is priced at £22.50
per adult and £11 per child and bookings can
be made by calling 01273 878272 or emailing
[email protected].
TALLEST WILD TREE IN
BRITAIN DISCOVERED IN
NEWTIMBER WOODS
A beech tree in Newtimber Woods on the National Trust’s Devil’s
Dyke estate in Sussex has been declared the tallest native tree in Britain.
Measuring a staggering 44 metres tall the champion tree sits within
the beautiful South Downs landscape. Although difficult to date, it is
thought to be almost 200 years old, reaching the upper limit of a beech
tree’s life expectancy.
The discovery was made by Dr Owen Johnson, the honourable
Registrar for the Tree Register after he was alerted to the possible record
breaker by dendrologist, Peter Bourne.
Dr Owen Johnson said of his find: “I didn’t quite believe Peter when
he said the tallest tree in the woods could be 45 metres tall as I know
the South Downs well. When I finally got around to visiting I found my
skepticism entirely unjustified! It’s fascinating that this one beech, which
must have very good genes, has managed to grow so much taller than
all of its rivals in the same conditions”.
The new record holder eclipses the previous champion native tree
from Gloucestershire, also a beech, which is more than a metre shorter.
Set within a deep combe in Newtimber woods, the beech in the
South Downs is one of a clump of trees planted together. Its great height
is a result of continued competition to reach the light and the fact that it
has been allowed to grow without any management for at least the last
90 years.
Charlie Cain, National Trust ranger for the Devil’s Dyke estate,
said: “Now is the perfect time to come and see this champion – the
trees are coming into leaf and the woodland spring flowers are showing
their heads. Wood anemones, town hall clock, wood sorrel, nettle
leaf bellflower, yellow archangel and bluebells are all opening across
Newtimber Woods”.
While the beech in Newtimber Woods is the tallest native tree in
Britain, it is not the tallest tree that the National Trust looks after. This
title is awarded to a Douglas fir, a non-native tree, found at Cragside in
Northumberland, which measures 61 metres.
For more information about the National Trust’s top trees visit
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/toptrees
National Trust Head Ranger, Charlie Cain, looks up at the tallest native tree in Britain, a beech
tree in Newtimber woods in the South Downs. © National Trust, James Dobson
THE COODEN MEDICAL GROUP AESTHETICS SHOWCASE
The Cooden Clinic hosted its first Aesthetics
Demonstration Event on the evening of the
7th May. The event, attended by both loyal
and new clients alike, saw some of the
Clinic’s most elite Aesthetic.
Treatments being performed on willing
models whilst guests sipped on Champagne
and took advantage of exclusive offers. The
Clinic, which celebrated its first anniversary
on the 22nd May, will be holding a Veins
Information Evening on Thursday the 25th
of June at 7pm hosted by Founder and
Director Dr Mo Faris along with resident
Consultant Mr Sandison.
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