Orchards, Trees & Orchard Produce

Berkshire

The most famous apple in the world was raised in what is now Berkshire (Bucks before two boundary changes to Surrey then Berks). We found it odd that Colnbrook, where Richard Cox grew the first Cox's Orange Pippin, did not celebrate this in any way. So we worked with the then Colne Valley Park Groundwork Trust (now Thames Valley Groundwork, contact Paul Hodson, (+44(0)1895 832662) and the Borough of Spelthorne (now Slough Borough Council, (+44(0)1753 552288) to create a Community Orchard in Albany Park, Colnbrook, with Cox's Orange Pippin trees and others, planted by local schoolchildren, and three specially made seats/tree guards in metal which spell C O X.

Read more about the history of the Cox's Orange Pippin and the creation of this Community Orchard.

Two Rivers Press in Reading produce Apples Berkshire Cider by the New Road Cyderists: the late Pete Hay, and Pip Hall and Duncan MacKay.

Contact: Two Rivers press on +44(0)118 966 2345, enquiries [at] tworiverspress. com or see their web-site.

Berkshire has produced a number of very successful nurserymen (Famous names include Charles Ross - read more about them in Apples Berkshire Cider) and new varieties of fruit, but old orchards and nurseries are being eaten up by housing and other developments.

Apple Day Events
Orchards and Community Orchards to visit
Where to buy apples and orchard produce
Where to buy fruit trees
Some Berkshire Fruit