Professional Tree Surgery in Wiltshire, and South & West England

We undertake all aspects of tree surgery in Wiltshire and neighbouring counties, from shaping and felling, light pruning of the smallest trees and shrubs, to reducing, dismantling or removal of the largest storm damaged tree, all carried out with a cheerful and reliable professionalism.

We are members of the Arboricultural Association and the Contractors Health and Safety Scheme (Chas), and all our tree surgery is carried out to:

BS 3998:2010 Tree work. Recommendations
BS 5837:2012 Trees in relation to design, demolition and construction – Recommendations
BS 3936-1:1992 Nursery Stock Specification for trees and shrubs

All of this combines to bring you peace of mind when choosing a tree surgeon to undertake your work. Full details of our accreditations may be found here.

Please see our glossary of terms and definitions if you’re unsure about any wording relating to tree surgery. And for our FAQs and Terms and Conditions, please refer here.

Our arboricultural work includes:

Specialist management of
- Ash Die-Back infected trees.
- Dangerous roadside trees.
- Removed safely and efficiently by mechanical grapple saw.
Tree Felling, Tree and Sectional Dismantling, Decayed Tree removal.
Tree Pruning, tree thinning, tree crown reductions – lifting and thinning, tree pollarding, tree coppicing.
Tree inspections, risk/hazard assessments and tree surveys.
Advising on tree diseases and discussing future removal of infected trees - see tree surveys.
24-hour emergency call-out service.

We are always delighted to receive testimonials from clients, whether they're from Wiltshire, or from the many tree surgery jobs we undertake around the entire South and West of England.

We recently felled a multi-stem 20m high beech tree opposite The Three Daggers pub in Edington. The tree was right by the road and was showing signs of dying back. Its position made it unsafe to remain. We were pleased to receive this feedback from our client:

“Your guys have just felled a large beech tree adjacent to our drive. I wanted to let you know what a good job they did.

The notice said the road would be closed for 2 days but they completed the job in less than 6 hours; very impressive kit, very efficient and helpful. All cleared up tidily, and they left me a gift of logs for firewood.

I was very impressed.” - Richard

Please see here for more info and pictures.

From St Peter’s Churchyard, Marlborough:

I would gladly recommend Conservation-Contractors Ltd to any organisation seeking to have a wide variety of trees managed and worked on both efficiently and to the very highest standards.

Please click here to read the case study for this work.

from Church Warden , on behalf of the PCC, St James’ Church, Ludgershall and Faberstown
“The lads excelled, William, and we were pleased that the operations went without a hitch, or damage to any grave stones beneath the horse chestnut tree. Goodness only knows how the falling timber was guided so expertly, but it really was a joy to witness. It wasn't just the skills level that impressed, but the work ethic and bonhomie which secured excellent relationships all round. Neither my doughnuts or the Vicar's tea slowed them up at all! The lads are a credit to your organisation. Hard work with safe process obvious and the site was cleared and left tidy.”

We were contacted by the PCC to inspect a 20m high split horse chestnut tree following the loss of a large limb during recent windy weather. On inspection, the tree was found to be in an unsafe condition and it was agreed to remove it completely and grind out the stump.
Some of the timber was retained by the village to construct a Hibernaculum close by, and larger pieces were used by villagers for tabletops!

Thanks to Rev Tim for this time-lapse video; also starring Iggy and Gerri the sheep in the foreground.

From Kieran Pierce following the removal of 50x 50' conifer and leylandii trees and hedging in August.

Please see our case study for more details.

Our Takeuchi TB230 Compact Excavator can easily be moved between sites by a 4x4. It comes with a high hydraulic oil flow and a rotating handling grab for a wide range of tasks including tree removal when fitted with the tree shear; handling cut brash, and timber and excavation works in small spaces. Read more about it in our PDF guide.

The VOSCH grapple saw fitted to our Takeuchi 2150 excavator along with additional uprated hydraulics required to operate the saw and a bulletproof windscreen to protect the operator. This machine allows us to ensure dangerous ash trees can be managed safely and efficiently - watch video

Our Unimog - one of the range of multi-purpose auto four-wheel drive medium trucks produced by Mercedes-Benz –has a wood chipper on the back with a 1.5 ton capacity, so we're up for any tricky off-road areas you may have.

Our ‘go anywhere’ tracked chipper allows us not only off road but also to meet the majority of challenges where we’re needed to get into difficult areas to perform tree surgery. Whether narrow, uneven or sloping ground, soft ground conditions, we will be able to help.

We have three MEWPs (mobile elevated work platform) one reaching to 14m, one to 23m and the third reaching 25.6m. They are particularly useful for cutting high hedges and carrying out tree surgery where there is restricted access. - view MEWP page

Our 360⁰ digger is perfect for the removal of individual trees, eg self-set alder trees - watch video

To reduce manual handling we have added a Reverse-Drive Valtra tractor with a cab-mounted timber Botex crane which allows us to move large pieces of timber with relative ease and speeds up timber and brush removal

Our Dymax tree shear makes quick work of felled trees - watch video

We always recycle our felled timber – recently it was used as part of a horse trial course and when chipped, it has been used by local farms on their cow tracks. If you need some wood chip, please get in touch.

We take into account everything we produce, as what the client would consider waste we are able to recycle in some form or another, eg

Timber - processing for future use as board and structural building materials, carving, logs.
Woodchip - garden mulch, compressed into pellets or loose for biomass boilers, rotted down and added as soil improver, or off by lorry to fire the power stations for fuel. .

Nothing is EVER sent to landfill.

If you are looking for an experienced team of tree surgeons in Wiltshire, Bath, B&NES, Bristol, Berkshire, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Somerset, Swindon and the South and West, whether you are responding to storm damage, health and safety/public access, or have a routine enquiry, if you would like a no nonsense quote please get in touch with:

Director/ARB Manager, Dan Butler, on 07881 788 399 or email dan@conservation-contractors.co.uk

Where common sense is still common