The Woodland Trust had two issues at their Tring Park site that they wished to resolve. Firstly, insufficient parking was leading to congestion of nearby streets. Secondly, the most popular entrance to the site was at one end of the historic lime avenue; the concentrated footfall from this was causing damaging compaction around the trees. To resolve these issues, FRLA designed a new car park and welcome area. Given the heritage status of the park, the car park needed to be unobtrusive and in keeping with the character of the area. Parking bays are separated by blocks of tree and shrub planting that will become a wooded area with parking groves. The curved arrangement funnels visitors, through a bespoke gate, to the new welcome area. This consists of a circular earthwork at the centre of which are seats and information boards. From here, visitors have a choice of paths. Splitting visitors onto different routes at this point distributes the footfall across a greater area of the avenue, reducing its impact.
