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I rather like the trees, but I do agree that they were not the most sensitive solution to the problem of erosion. BTW the species is European Larch (Larix Europaea) and is native to this country.
I can remember, when I was a lad, that the northern face of the coppice was covered with whinberry (Vaccinium Myrtillus) which was full of berries in late summer; also known as bilberry. Walter Smith Bakers on Whalley Road used to make the most exquisite Whinberry pies - sweet and sharper than a serpents tooth. One does not see them used much these days, more's the pity.

I do feel that we should preserve as much of our past as is practical. But we cannot save everything or we risk turning the whole of the borough into a museum and I am sure that nobody wants to live in a museum. The monument could be restored, but the shelter, the gift of Lady Higham I believe, is an eyesore and a magnet for vandals and should be demolished.

I notice that in the link supplied by Graham, Lancs CC see the Coppice as an opportunity for signage - as if we didn't already have enough of the bloody things cluttering the place up. I vote that Lancs CC be told to keep their politically correct noses out of things that do not concern them. The Coppice belongs to the people of Accrington, not to Lancashire County Council and its faceless beurocrats, stakeholders, key workers and associated freeloaders.