Sign of peace: Woodland to mark the centenary of the 1918 Armistice

02 March 2018

LICHFIELD CATHEDRAL

The Dean of Lichfield, the Very Revd Adrian Dorber, stands on the site of a planned Peace Woodland, on the edge of Lichfield Cathedral, last Friday. The woodland will mark the centenary of the 1918 Armistice, and will be created from 1918 native sapplings, saved from landfill, which will be planted from 11 November onwards

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