Amenity, a significant marker for a tree served by a Tree Preservation Order. What does amenity mean in practice, visibility of the tree, reference to its characteristics, size and form, rarity, cultural or historic value, contribution to the landscape and relationship with the character or appearance of the area. Other factors include the importance to nature conservation and a response to climate change. These trees grow on pavements and pathways and within both public and private gardens. Unseen mostly for although their size is giant, they are only a few of the trees within this urban forest of Oxford which is vast and green and leafy.
