Update March 2010 - This series was produced between August and November 2009 but in March 2010 the tree identification posts were replaced with new ones that no longer include a number (see images below). I suspect that the new posts do not always refer to the same trees as previously indicated in the leaflet so please bear that in mind if you attempt to follow the trail as shown on these pages.

Introduction

I recently acquired a leaflet produced by Erewash Borough Council entitled 'Victoria Park Tree Trail Ilkeston' that gives details and information about eighteen different species of tree growing in the park. I had previously noted that some of the trees in the park had adjacent numbered information posts (right) and naturally assumed that the numbers on the posts and in the leaflet would correspond. That was my first mistake as an initial investigation found this was not always the case. However since uploading the first part of this series in which the leaflet numbers and those on the information posts matched, I have been able to resolve the discrepancies in the remainder of the identified trees. My initial plan to feature the remaining twelve trees as summer slips imperceptibly into autumn during September and October 2009 has had to be revised though as I discovered that there are in fact a total of twenty two identified trees and not eighteen as published in the leaflet. The table below shows that three trees that have posts in situ are not actually mentioned on the leaflet whilst one that is on the leaflet is not accompanied by a numbered post on the park.

I mustn't be too hard on the Council though as I shall be using much of the information in the leaflet to annotate, in my own words, the pictures of the trees. Victoria Park, gifted to the people of Ilkeston by the Duke of Rutland to celebrate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee is roughly triangular in shape being bounded by Drummond Road, Bristol Road and Manners Road. This series of course could run and run looking at the changes of the trees throughout the year but I have now decided to extend the initial run to four months by splitting the second part fronting Bristol Road into two as this is where there is a majority of the notable trees.

Click the underlined location to view each part.

Part	Leaflet No.	Leaflet	Post No.	Information Posts	Date/Location
01	1 2 3 4 5 6	Common Oak Raywood Ash Common Lime Golden Weeping Willow Silver Maple Weeping Ash	1 2 3 4 5 6	Common Oak Raywood Ash Common Lime Golden Weeping Willow Silver Maple Weeping Ash	16 August 2009 Drummond Road
02	- 7 8 - 9 10	---- London Plane Horse Chestnut --- Hybrid Cockspur Thorn Tree of Heaven	7 8 9 10 11 12	Copper Beech London Plane Horse Chestnut Silver Birch Hybrid Cockspur Thorn Tree of Heaven	20 September 2009 Bristol Road (Top half)
03	11 12 - 13 -	Deodar Cedar Purple Leaved Plum --- Sycamore ---	- 13 14 15 16	--- Purple Leaved Plum Acer Crimson King Sycamore Lombardy Poplar	18 October 2009 Bristol Road (Bottom half)
04	14 15 16 17 18	Field Maple Common Beech Common Ash Turkey Oak Norway Maple	17 18 19 20 21	Field Maple Common Beech Common Ash Turkey Oak Norway Maple	15 November 2009 Manners Road

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