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# Campaigners prepare for Halloween protest against damage to woodland caused by HS2 work
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/campaigners-prepare-for-halloween-protest-against-damage-to-woodland-caused-by-hs2-work/
- Published: 2020-10-27T15:43:39.000Z
- Updated: 2020-10-27T15:44:01.000Z
- Description: Campaigners are planning a new protest highlighting the damage they say is being caused by work on the HS2 route near Lichfield.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: HS2, Transport, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 18:14, News

Campaigners are planning a new protest highlighting the damage they say is being caused by work on the HS2 route near Lichfield.

![One of the areas of woodland where HS2 preparatory work is taking place](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e3/90/e390c3da-0866-4d2a-8ffe-ca4999d7ce1c/content/images/lichfieldlive-co-uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/201022-blackslough-felledtrees.jpg)

One of the areas of woodland where HS2 preparatory work is taking place

Members of the Stop HS2 Staffordshire group will be hosting a Halloween-themed gathering on 31st October.

It will take place from 10am at Fradley Junction.

> “We will walk alongside the canal path to show local residents where the trees will be cut down in the next couple of weeks.”  
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> Stop HS2 Staffordshire spokesperson

The group has also spoken out against proposals to ‘translocate’ ancient woodlands to new sites in a bid to mitigate the impact of the HS2 line.

The campaigners said the suggestion historic sites could simply be moved did not add up.

> “Translocation is clearly nonsense because an ancient woodland built up over thousands of years. That soil is a complex interaction of all sorts of microorganisms, plants, roots and tree roots.  
>  
> “The best way I can explain this is that if you had a beautiful birthday cake with marzipan, and icing, and your name on top, and candles, and I put it through a blender, turn it on and then give the cake back to you. All the elements of the cake are there, but it’s no longer the great cake you had – it’s a mess.  
>  
> “It’s the same with an ancient woodland. If you scoop it all up, tip it in a trailer and tip it up somewhere else, yes you moved it, but it’s not the same thing anymore.”  
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> Stop HS2 Staffordshire spokesperson