Countryside Award 1970 - Salcey Forest, Northamptonshire, UK
Posted by: Dragontree
N 52° 09.775 W 000° 50.182
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The Countryside Award was given to Salcey Forest in 1970 and near the tree-top walk is a plaque commemorating this occasion.
Waymark Code: WMEY4A
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 07/21/2012
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The plaque shows a 'druid' oak of Salcey Forest in full leaf and splendour. These ancient trees are important in this Royal forest.
On the plaque is the following inscription:
'Countryside
Award
1970'
Below the main plaque is another which reads:
'Presented by Prince Philip
for the Salcey Forest Trail
October 1970'