Big Tree Plant Sites: Urban Tree Planting Locations and Details in England

4,231 tree planting site records from a national campaign to increase greenery in English towns and cities. The data, sourced from Groundwork London, includes coordinates, tree counts, species, and project details from a £4 million grant scheme running from 2011 to 2015. It aimed to make neighbourhoods, particularly in deprived areas, more attractive and healthy places to live.

Use Cases

• Map urban tree planting density and distribution based on X and Y coordinates.
• Analyze the relationship between tree types (street trees, fruit trees) and project characteristics based on the TREE_SIZE and SPECIES fields.
• Evaluate grant allocation and project outcomes based on FINANCIAL year and ORGANISATI data.
• Assess data quality issues related to geocoding based on the mention of invalid postcodes resulting in 0,0 coordinates.

Strengths

• Contains 4,231 site records with unique IDs (PROPOSED_T).
• Includes specific counts for different tree types (NUMBER_OF, STREET_TRE, FRUIT_TREE).
• Data is tied to a concrete £4 million grant program with a stated goal of planting one million trees.

Limitations

• 93 of the 4,231 site records have invalid postcodes, resulting in null (0,0) coordinates.
• Row count and file formats are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service, via Groundwork London (grant administration contractor).

Collection Method

Grant administration records; coordinates derived from site postcodes.

Time Range

Campaign launched December 2010; grant scheme ran from 2011 to 2015.

Freshness

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Geography

Towns, cities, and neighbourhoods throughout England, with a focus on areas of deprivation.