NI hedges are113,648km long
IF all the hedgerows and fences around Northern Ireland fields were laid out end to end they could encircle the earth nearly three times and reach almost a third of the way to the moon.
Fields Minister Michelle O’Neill revealed there is an estimated 113,648 kilmoteres of hedgerow in Northern Ireland.
Green MLA Stephen Agnew asked her about it at the Assembly.
She replied: “My Department does not hold statistics on the total area that is covered by hedgerows.
“The NI Countryside Survey is published by the NI Environment Agency (NIEA) and provides statistics on lengths of field boundaries, with the most recent published survey in 2007 estimating some 113,648km of hedgerow.”
That’s nearly three times the circumference of earth (40,075km) and almost a third of the way to the moon (384,400km).