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1. Suggestions for best thing to use for this.

We have a small 2nd hand electric hedgetrimmer which is a godsend.
Much easier to use than my neighbours larger one which is too long and
heavy for my arms.

2. Best way to access the larger trees.

Trestles from Screwfix..John uses them with a platform for cutting
our tallest hedge (7ft) and much else. Much safer than ladders if you're
using a power trimmer.

3. Can they be cut back into the older wood at all? - to reduce the
size.

Yes. Yew is one of the few conifers which sprouts thickly again from
bare trunk.

Any other advice on topiary as it's all new to me?

Don't do it during nesting..there's always one in there somewhere :-)

Janet