Nile Clumps - Other Woods

Other Woods

On 13 November 2003 the London Daily Mail reported that on the former Swarland Estate, near Alnwick, once owned by Nelson's friend and agent Alexander Davison, a line of trees, viewed from above, takes on the shape of the coastline of the Nile delta. Other trees are in the positions of the British and French ships. Aerial photographs suggest that the trees may be at 55°19′10.72″N 1°44′20.25″W / 55.3196444°N 1.7389583°W / 55.3196444; -1.7389583. Davison also erected an obelisk at Swarland. A plaque at the obelisk mentions the woods and states that they are to the west of the monument.

The Nile Clumps are sometimes incorrectly referred to as the Trafalgar Clumps. There is a separate Trafalgar Woods project to plant a total of 250,000 trees in a series of woods across the UK to commemorate the 2005 bicentenary of the Battle of Trafalgar. There will be a total of 33 clumps, each representing a ship which took part in the battle. The largest will be Victory Wood in Kent with 100,000 trees.