WELCOME TO BRAMBLEDOWN

Landscaping, External Works & Construction Expertise

Brambledown offer a full package of External work expertise, and are one of the Market Leading Civil, Environmental, External Works and Development Contractors in the North of England specialising in all aspects of Landscape and Construction. Brambledown has grown with a firm economic base over 40 years and are expert contractors in:

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  • Multi Use Games Areas (MUGA)
  • Play Areas
  • Sports Pitches & Drainage
  • Walling, Paving & Fencing
  • Tarmac Pathways & Carparks
  • Floodlighting & Street Furniture
  • Groundworks - Muck Shift
  • City Centre Regeneration Projects including Full Market Place Revitalisations
  • Historic Park Restorations
  • Environmental Improvements - Hard & Soft Landscaping
  • Artificial & Natural Sportsground & Facilities Construction including 3G Pitches, MUGA's, Changing Rooms and Pavilion construction.
  • Business Park External Works
  • Heritage Lottery Projects
  • Pathways, Resurfacing, Carpark Construction
  • Pavilions, Changing Rooms, Bandstands and other Construction works
  • Drainage and Ducting
  • Streetworks & Street Lighting
  • Security Fencing, Stone Walling, Decorative Railings
  • Street Furniture & Monument Construction
  • Building Facia Revitalisation Works including Windows and Doors and Rendering
  • All other forms of Hard and Soft Landscape Construction & External Works

Brambledowns development has always been carefully managed with skills and personnel being added as demand and disciplines in the industry grew. Expansion into a market leader in external works contracting, Landscaping and environmental development has been, and will continue to be, through steady growth based on a sound financial base. Brambledowns expansive, and highly qualified in-house team on hand in 3 regional offices means we can provide a full project management, landscaping and construction facility from each of our head offices across the North of England.

Professional Experience

Brambledown will celebrate 40 years experience in 2012 within the external works, construction and landscaping industry, and has a strong reputation for providing clients with a first class service. Brambledown pride ourselves on the quality of our workmanship, and many of our projects have been so successful that they have been recognised through many local and national awards, including several from the British Association of Landscape Industries (BALI), National Considerate Constructors Scheme Awards and almost a dozen regional environmental awards.

Standing as Select external works Contractors for approximately 50 Local Authorities in the North of England & Employing over 150 full time staff at offices all over the North of including; Brandon (County Durham), Birtley (Tyne and Wear), Leeming (North Yorkshire), and Wetherby & Leeds (Yorkshire), Brambledown will continue to grow and strive to remain at the forefront of the Landscaping and External Works industry.

News:

Brambledown have completed phase 1 & 2 works on the Regeneration of Barnes Park Sunderland. This £3.5 Million Contract involves a full Heritage Lottery funded Regeneration of Barnes Park involving all aspects of Hard & Soft Landscaping & construction - as well as building and civils works including the installation of a MUGA, Play Area, Lake Drainage, Pathways, Bowling Greens, Sensory Gardens and the construction of a new Cafe Building. Works commenced in October 2009 and phase 2 was completed by Brambledown in in July 2011. For more information, please click here.

Retail Outlet:

Poplar Tree Garden Centre is the retail outlet for Brambledown, selling to both the trade and the public. Poplar Tree Garden Centre is based in Shincliffe Village in Durham City.

Poplar Tree Garden Centre offers a variety of different gardening tools and equipment online and instore on a 7 acre site by the beautiful River Wear. Poplar Tree Garden Centre is over 40 years old and attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors each year from near and far, and also based at the Garden Centre is Poplar Tree Florist, Brambles Food Hall & Farm Shop and the very popular Brambles Coffee Shop.

A new building has recently opened, Brambles Food Hall & Farm Shop, selling a huge range of local food produce with a full time onsite butcher. The Food Hall sells delicious regional produce such as steaks, chicken, eggs, bread, fresh and frozen foods and much more. Along with a new food Hall and Farm shop, Poplar Tree Garden Centre are pleased to announce an extension to the Brambles Coffee Shop which can now seat over 150 people inside and a further 60 outside in beautiful surroundings by the River, and is also available for private function and meeting hire.

For more information please click here or visit their websites. 

 


CASE STUDIES - Our Recent Work

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SAGE  UK Headquarters

Client: SAGE

Budget: £1.2 Million

Over 800 semi-mature trees planted at the prestigious SAGE Headquarters including 8 Large Bonsai of 100cm girth. Large areas of woodland transplants & evergreens. Brambledown also constructed multiple footpaths and carparks and completed the scheme with street furniture and lighting

Herrington Country Park

Herrington Country Park, Penshaw, Sunderland

Client: City of Sunderland Council

Value: £1.4 Million 

Land reclamation works at the former Herrington Colliery site. This huge and complex project comprised 25km of hedges, 17km of paths and bridleways, 40hectares of tree planting and 5hectares of water features including a lake. The site is now the Home of The Durham County Show.

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Dance City Newcastle City Centre

Client: Newcastle City Centre

Value: £1.1 Million 

Multi-level, multi-material city centre paving, raised radius planter construction, electrical ducting installation, slot & surface drainage, steps and ramps, street trees, trees and shrubs and public footpath reinstatement. Street Furniture and Street Lighting completed the scheme.

CONTACT US

If you are interested in our Commercial landscape services in the North East, and would like to find out more, you will find our contact details below:

Head Office
Brandon Village
Durham
DH7 8SU

E: info@brambledown.com

T: 0191 3782288
F: 0191 3789962

Contact Form

RETAIL OUTLET

Brambledown have a large retail outlet located in Shincliffe Village, Durham City selling every gardening and landscping tool or product you could possibly need. Poplar Tree Garden Centre provide everyday gardening tools to both the general public and local domestic landscaping companies alike with accounts available upon request. Poplar Tree Garden Centre has been selling everything from gardening and landscaping tools to sheds and ornate gifts for over 40 years. As well as an onsite Florist, Poplar Tree Garden Centre is also the home of the Famous Brambles Coffee Shop, and soon to be home of Brambles Food Hall Durham, selling fresh local farm foods from all over the North East. Brambles Food Hall, will be an organic food Deli, Farm shop and convenience store all in one and will sell everything from fresh meats to frozen joints aswell as fruit, veg and plenty of other fresh foods in between. With construction almost complete, Brambles Food Hall and Farm shop Durham will hope to open just in time for customers to fill their fridges for Christmas.

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