Tree Surgeonsin Northwood— large gardens, veteran trees, fixed prices.
Northwood's substantial gardens carry some of the finest mature garden trees in NW London. We look after them the way they deserve — proper reductions, deadwooding, and TPO paperwork included.
9.94/10 across 502 Checkatrade reviews · 15 minutes from our Bushey yard · Fixed-price quote within 24 hours
Tree surgeons who actually work in Northwood every week
Northwood (HA6) has one of the highest concentrations of large detached properties and mature garden trees in the HA postcodes. Cedar, Wellingtonia, oak, beech and hornbeam dominate the older gardens off Ducks Hill Road, Rickmansworth Road and Copse Wood Way. These are trees planted a hundred years ago on plots that were designed to hold them — but they still need active management.
All of HA6 — Northwood, Northwood Hills, Copse Wood, Moor Park border and the Rickmansworth Road corridor.
15 minutes from Bushey up the A404. Same-day emergency attendance during working hours.
Large detached Edwardian and inter-war villas with mature garden trees, veteran specimens on the Copse Wood side, and Northwood Hills residential streets.
Veteran cedar deadwood, oak crown reductions on TPO trees, storm damage on tall exposed conifers, and long boundary hedge management on large plots.
Every tree job Northwood homes and businesses call us for
One team, one fixed-price quote, one clean site at the end. Click any service for full detail, our process, and typical scenarios.
Crown Reduction
Bring oversized trees back under control without ruining shape or long-term health.
Crown Thinning
Let more light and wind through a dense canopy while keeping the tree's outline.
Tree Felling & Removal
Safe sectional dismantles in tight gardens — full clean-up and stump options included.
Tree Pruning
Structural and formative pruning that keeps mature trees safe, balanced and healthy.
Stump Grinding
Ground out 6–12 inches below grade so you can replant, re-turf or pave straight over.
Hedge Trimming & Shaping
Crisp lines on leylandii, laurel, box and beech — annual and one-off resets.
Pollarding
Long-term size control for limes, planes and willows on a proper rotation.
Dead-wooding
Remove hazardous deadwood over roofs, cars and footpaths before it drops.
Tree & Hedge Planting
Species selection, staking and aftercare for trees and hedges that actually establish.
Maintenance Contracts
Scheduled visits for landlords, managing agents and estates — one price, one point of contact.
Tree Surveys & BS5837
Planning-grade surveys, constraints plans and arboricultural method statements.
Garden Clearance
Full clearance of overgrown gardens — waste chipped or removed under our EA licence.
Commercial Tree Work
Contracts for schools, care homes, developers and councils. RAMS supplied.
Why Northwood customers keep booking us back
Veteran tree specialists
Cedar of Lebanon, Wellingtonia and mature oak are Northwood's signature trees. They need experienced hands — end weighting, deadwood, minor reductions, not heavy work.
Hillingdon Council paperwork
Northwood falls under Hillingdon. We prepare and submit TPO applications and conservation-area notices as part of the fixed price.
£10m insured
Full public liability cover for work on high-value HA6 properties. Certificates on request.
The tree problems Northwood throws at us
Cedar deadwood over pool houses
HA6's veteran cedars shed heavy limbs without warning. Where those limbs hang over pool houses, conservatories or driveways, rolling deadwood is essential.
TPO-heavy roads
Ducks Hill Road, Copse Wood Way and the Rickmansworth Road area have widespread TPO coverage. We handle the applications.
Long boundary hedging
Northwood plots often have 30–50m of laurel or leylandii hedging. We price hedges by the metre and by return visits to keep it right.
How a Northwood job runs from first call to sign-off
No day rates. No guesswork on the day. You know what we're doing, when, and what it costs before a single cut is made.
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Free site visit
We drive out to your Northwood property, look at every tree properly, and understand what you're trying to achieve.
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Written fixed-price quote
One price for the whole job — climb, cuts, chipping and clear-up — with you within 24 hours.
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TPO & neighbour notice
Northwood sits across several council areas. If the tree is protected we handle the 6-week notice for you.
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The job
NPTC CS39 climbers, groundsmen, chipper and rigging kit — turn up on the agreed day and get on with it.
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Clear, chip & sign-off
All arisings chipped or removed under our EA waste carrier licence. We walk the job with you before we leave.
Northwood tree surgery — the full picture
London Borough of Hillingdon and Northwood TPOs
Northwood sits under Hillingdon Council. Large parts of Copse Wood, Northwood town and the Ducks Hill Road corridor are covered by TPOs or fall in conservation areas. Any works to a protected tree require a formal application; conservation-area works require six weeks' written notice. We check the register at quote stage and include all paperwork in the fixed price.
Cedar of Lebanon — real management
The Cedar of Lebanon is Northwood's signature tree. Managed properly it can live 300 years; managed badly it starts shedding scaffold limbs within a decade of heavy cuts. Our approach is minimal-intervention deadwood removal, careful end weighting on the longest laterals, and no crown reduction beyond what is genuinely necessary for structural safety. We'd rather do smaller visits every three years than one heavy job that shortens the tree's life.
Oak, beech and hornbeam management
Mature oak needs a decade of light reductions to hold shape well; done in one hit it becomes unbalanced. Beech is unforgiving of internal wounds and slow to occlude. Hornbeam responds well to formative pruning and light reduction. Species-specific timing matters — oak between August and February, beech in late summer, hornbeam mid-winter — and we plan every quote around the right window.
Tree surgery in Northwood: your questions, answered straight
Do you cover Northwood?
Yes — Northwood is one of our core catchment areas. We're based in Bushey (WD23), roughly 15 minutes away, and we work in Northwood most weeks of the year. Free site visits for anywhere in the postcode.
How fast can you reach Northwood in an emergency?
The office phone is answered 24/7 for emergencies. For a genuine hazard — a limb on a car, a wind-blown tree across a driveway or a trunk against a roof — we aim to be on-site in Northwood the same day, most often within a couple of hours during working hours.
How much does tree surgery cost in Northwood?
Every job in Northwood is priced individually after a free site visit — we do not charge day rates. Cost depends on tree size, species, access and how the arisings are removed, which is why we always see the job first. You get one fixed written price within 24 hours; that is what you pay.
Do I need council permission for tree work in Northwood?
Very possibly. Northwood contains multiple conservation areas and many individually protected trees (TPOs). We check the council register for you before quoting and, where a formal application or 6-week conservation-area notice is required, we prepare and submit it on your behalf at no extra cost.
Are you insured to work in Northwood?
Yes — £10 million public liability and £5 million employers' liability, valid for domestic and commercial work across Northwood and the wider north-west London. Certificates emailed on request before we start.
Do you take the waste away?
Always. All arisings from Northwood jobs are chipped on-site where possible and removed under our Environment Agency waste carrier licence. Firewood-grade logs can be left stacked if you'd like them; nothing is left behind unless you ask.
Can you handle jobs in tight Northwood back gardens?
Yes. Sectional dismantling from the tree is what most Northwood jobs need — no cherry pickers battering the front garden. Where access is genuinely blocked we rig out over roofs and drop pieces into a controlled zone. Nothing goes over a fence unplanned.
Do you work for landlords, agents and businesses in Northwood?
Regularly. We run rolling maintenance contracts for landlords, managing agents, schools, care homes and estates across Northwood — one point of contact, scheduled visits, RAMS supplied, invoiced monthly or per visit.
Book your free Northwood site visit. Get a fixed price in 24 hours.
Free site visit anywhere in Northwood and the surrounding north-west London villages. Written quote — not a day rate. Council TPO paperwork handled on your behalf. Full clean-up and all waste chipped or taken away under our Environment Agency waste carrier licence.
- Owner-led team — Sam or the team quote every job in person
- £10m public liability + £5m employers' liability
- NPTC CS39 climbers, City & Guilds qualified
- 24/7 phone answered for Northwood emergencies
Request your free Northwood quote
Tell us what you need — we'll come and take a proper look.