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Great Oaks covers Blackpool, Bispham, South Shore and Marton from our yard at Freshfield Farm, Freckleton, about half an hour down the M55. Coastal trees take a battering that inland trees never see, and we prune, dismantle and make safe with that in mind. Written quotes, ARB Approved Contractor standards, and crews already working on the coast every week.
Get a free quoteOr call the tree work line: 07884 274693 (answered 7am to 5pm)
We deliver grounds and tree work for Blackpool Coastal Housing, alongside councils and housing providers across the Fylde including Fylde Council and Kirkham Town Council. That means our teams are on Blackpool estates week in, week out, working to the standards a social landlord audits: written risk assessments before work starts, and a photographic record of what was done.
The same crews quote and carry out private work: a garden sycamore in Marton, a boundary line in Bispham, or a storm-damaged tree that cannot wait. Urgent jobs come first.
Great Oaks Tree Services Ltd, founded 2018, based at Freshfield Farm, Freckleton PR4 1TS. ARB Approved Contractor AC2637, Constructionline Gold, with £5 million public liability and £10 million employers liability insurance.
Salt-laden wind off the Irish Sea shapes every tree on this coast. Crowns grow lopsided away from the sea, exposed limbs dry out and fail sooner, and a storm that inland gardens shrug off will bring branches down along the front. Good coastal tree work leans on reduction and thinning that lowers the wind load without wrecking the tree, and on honest advice when a tree is past saving.
Consent works differently here too. Blackpool itself is a unitary authority, so Blackpool Council holds the TPO register and the conservation areas, including around Stanley Park. Lytham and St Annes sit with Fylde Council, and Cleveleys and Thornton with Wyre. We check which register applies before we cut, and if consent is needed you hear about it on the quote, not after the saw is out.
Crown reduction and thinning that keeps coastal trees standing through the storm season, done to BS3998.
Straight fells where there is room, careful sectional dismantling in tight terraced gardens and over buildings.
Hanging limbs, wind-thrown stems and leaning trees made safe, prioritised by risk. Urgent jobs come first.
Stumps ground out below soil level so lawns, drives and fence lines can move on. Compact machines fit a standard gate.
Reductions and regular maintenance for garden and boundary hedges, including the wind-burnt coastal kind.
BS5837 planning surveys, risk assessments and mortgage reports from our in-house team. See tree surveys.
Managing communal land or commercial grounds in Blackpool? That is a contract conversation rather than a one-off quote: see commercial grounds maintenance.
A quick description and a postcode is enough to start. Photos help us quote faster, and quotes come back within one working day.
Send an enquiryPrefer to talk? 07884 274693, 7am to 5pm.
Careers
Climbing, grounds maintenance and utility work.Climbing, grounds and utility work.
Arboricultural Association Approved Contractor.
Last minuteAvailability
Starts Monday 19 October 2026
3 days plus 1 for assessment
£9671 place
Entry requirements: Ground Based Chainsaw Operator and Tree Climbing and Aerial Rescue
Book this date, Using a Chainsaw from a Rope and HarnessOr call the training office on 01772 369694
