The Landscape and Countryside Service of Swindon Borough Council's Environmental Services Department is a multi-disciplined team providing comprehensive advice on all aspects of landscape, arboriculture and countryside management. It is headed by Ed Stanford BSc, MSc, MLI.

The service is split into three main areas:

• Landscape
• Community Forest
• Arboriculture

In its support of a number of countryside initiatives, the Council is also represented on a number of bodies and where appropriate provides grant aid to those bodies as follows:

• The North Wessex Downs AONB Partnership (website: www.countryside.gov.uk)
• Wilts and Berks Canal Partnership (website: www.wilts-berks-canal.org.uk)
• Wiltshire and Swindon Biological Records (website: www.wiltshirewildlife.org)
• Great Western Community Forest (website: www.forestweb.org.uk)
• British Trust for Conservation Volunteers (website: www.btcv.org.uk)

Further Information/Contact

For advice on current member representation please telephone Ed Stanford on 01793 466304 or e-mail him at estanford@swindon.gov.uk.