"Staggeringly, 10% of public land in Britain has been lost since 1979. Whitewebbs Park in Enfield is one of the public parks currently under threat. There, a 450-year-old oak tree was brutally butchered and Spurs' plans to develop the park involve cutting down 207 trees, including veteran and mature trees, and taking over most of the park for their elite private use."
"I think of my trees as part of my extended family. It's something living that goes on. You don't remember them and stop; you remember them and the memory goes on and gets more wonderful."
Dame Judi Dench has called for greater protections for London's parks and green spaces amid research showing more than 50 parks are at risk from development. CPRE London found at least nine parks, eight playing fields and eight nature reserves under threat, including Whitewebbs Park, Wimbledon Park and Green Dale Fields. Dench plants a tree to commemorate deceased friends and relatives and regards those trees as part of her extended family. Campaigning saved six green spaces last year but seven were lost. Countryside campaigners criticise government changes to green belt policy, and Enfield council plans to lease part of Whitewebbs Park to Tottenham Hotspur with substantial tree felling proposed.
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