Great Trees of London
Great Trees of London was a list created by Trees for Cities after the Great Storm of 1987, when the general public were asked to suggest suitable trees. Forty-one were chosen, with a further 20 added in 2008.[1][2] Time Out published a book 'The Great Trees of London' listing all 61 trees in 2010.
The Totteridge Yew, St Andrew's Church, Totteridge
List of the Trees
Original 41
Example of a Great Tree of London plaque, this one is for the South Woodford copper beech
- St. James' Church Indian Bean Tree, Piccadilly, W1 (Indian bean tree, Westminster). Tree removed April 2010[3]
- The Dorchester Plane, Dorchester Hotel, Mayfair (London plane, Westminster)
- Charlton House Mulberry, Charlton House (black mulberry, Greenwich)[4]
- Charlton House Hackberry or Nettletree, Charlton House (hackberry, Greenwich). Tree removed 2002
- Fulham Palace Oak, Fulham Palace (holm oak, Hammersmith & Fulham)[5]
- Cut Leaf Beech, York House, Twickenham ('Asplenifolia' beech, Richmond). Tree to be removed winter 2020/21[6]
- The Charter Oak, Danson Park (pedunculate oak, Bexley)
- Totteridge Yew, St. Andrew's Church, Totteridge Lane, Totteridge (yew, Barnet)[7]
- London Plane, Sutton Ecology Centre Grounds (London plane, Sutton)[8]
- The Lewisham Elm, Ladywell Fields (Cited as European white elm by some authorities,[9] although a plaque in park identifies it as a Flanders elm, Lewisham)[10]
- The Richmond Riverside Plane (London plane, Richmond)[11]
- The Aperfield Cedar, Aperfield Road, Biggin Hill (cedar of Lebanon, Bromley)[11]
- Two Horse Chestnut trees, Morden Cemetery, Motspur Park (horse chestnut, Morden)[11]
- The Wood Street Horse Chestnut, Wood Street, Walthamstow (horse chestnut, Waltham Forest)
- The Ravenscourt Park Tree of Heaven, Ravenscourt Park (tree of heaven, Hammersmith & Fulham)
- The Ashcombe Sweet Chestnut, Ashcombe Road, Carshalton (sweet chestnut, Sutton)
- The Barn Elms Plane ('Barney'), Barnes (London plane, Richmond)[12][13]
- The Black Horse Chestnut, East Sheen (horse chestnut, Richmond)
- The Asgill House Copper Beech, Richmond (copper beech, Richmond). Died winter 2013/14, now a limbless stump (September 2018).[14]
- Maids of Honour Stone Pine, Richmond Green (stone pine, Richmond)
- The Wembley Elm, Wembley (European white elm, Brent)
- The Crane Park crack willow (crack willow, Hounslow). Collapsed circa 2010
- The Battersea Park Strawberry Tree, Battersea Park (hybrid strawberry tree, Wandsworth)
- The Dulwich Park Turkey Oak, Dulwich Park (Turkey oak, Southwark)
- Greenwich Park Sweet Chestnut, Flower Garden, Greenwich Park (sweet chestnut, Greenwich)
- The Greenwich Park Shagbark Hickory, Flower Garden, Greenwich Park (shagbark hickory, Greenwich)
- The Kingston Silver Lime, Thames river path, Kingston (silver lime 'Petiolaris', Kingston). Tree removed circa 2008
- The Barnsbury Beech, Barnsbury (beech, Islington). Replaced 2005
- The Kenley House Oak, Kenley (pedunculate oak, Croydon)
- The Marble Hill Walnut, Marble Hill Park, Richmond (black walnut, Richmond)
- The Roehampton Lucombe Oak, Alton Estate, Roehampton (Lucombe oak, Wandsworth)
- The North Circular Cork Oak, Hall Lane, Chingford (cork oak, Waltham Forest)
- The Friday Hill Plane, Friday Hill House, Chingford (London Plane, Waltham Forest)
- The South Woodford Copper Beech, St Mary's Church, Woodford, South Woodford (copper beech, Redbridge)
- The George Green Sweet Chestnut, George Green, Cambridge Park, Wanstead (sweet chestnut, Redbridge)
- The Fairlop Oak, Fulwell Cross roundabout, Ilford (pedunculate oak, Redbridge)
- The Valence Park Holm Oak, Valence Park, Becontree (holm oak, Barking & Dagenham)
- The Bromley Oak, outside the Glades shopping centre, Bromley (pedunculate oak, Bromley)
- The Downe Yew, St Mary's Church, Downe (yew, Bromley)
- The West Wickham Oak, Southcroft Avenue, West Wickham (pedunculate oak, Bromley)
- The Addington Palace Cedar, Addington Palace (cedar of Lebanon, Croydon)
20 added in 2008
- The Hendon Japanese Maple, Hendon Park (Japanese maple, Barnet)
- The Hardy Ash, Old St Pancras Churchyard (ash, Camden)
- London Plane, Brunswick Square Gardens (London plane, Camden)
- London Plane, Regent's Park (Camden)
- London Plane, Cheapside, City of London (City of London)
- Cedar of Lebanon, Forty Hall, Enfield (Enfield)
- London Plane, Ravenscourt Park (Hammersmith & Fulham)
- Cork Oak, Osterley Park (cork oak, Hounslow)
- The Amwell Fig, Amwell Street, Pentonville (fig, Islington)[15]
- English Oak, Brockwell Park (Lambeth)
- The Tate Plane, outside Tate Library, Brixton (London plane, Lambeth)
- Common Fig, High Street, Stratford (fig, Newham)
- Field Maple, Valentine's Park, Ilford (field maple, Redbridge)
- The Royal Oak, Richmond Park (pedunculate oak, Richmond)[16]
- Sweet Chestnut, Carshalton Park, Sutton (sweet chestnut, Sutton)
- The Marylebone Elm, by the Garden of Rest, Marylebone High Street, (Huntingdon elm, Westminster)
- The Embankment Plane, Embankment SW1 (oriental plane, Westminster)
- The Berkeley Plane, Berkeley Square (London plane, Westminster)
- The Gower Street Plane (London plane, Camden)
- The Abbey Plane, Broad Sanctuary, Westminster Abbey (London plane, Westminster)
Gallery
The Wood Street Horse Chestnut, Walthamstow
The Royal Oak, Richmond Park
Maids of Honour stone pine, Richmond
The Richmond riverside plane
The Cheapside London plane tree, City of London
The Asgill House copper beech, Richmond (winter 2007)
The Barn Elms London plane tree known as 'Barney', thought to be the oldest example of the species in London
The Ravenscourt Park plane tree, Hammersmith
The Lewisham Elm, Ladywell Fields
The Tate Plane, Brixton
The Amwell Fig (Ficus carica), Amwell Street, Islington
The Ravenscourt Park tree of heaven, Hammersmith
The Hardy Ash, St Pancras Old Church, Camden.jpg.webp)
The South Woodford Copper Beech, St Mary's Church, Woodford
Cedar of Lebanon, Forty Hall, Enfield
The Hendon Park Japanese Maple, Barnet
References
- "The great trees of London". 23 September 2009. Retrieved 23 June 2018 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
- "Londoners identify 20 new historic trees - Parks & Gardens UK". www.parksandgardens.org. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
- "St. James Conservation Trust Newsletter" (PDF). stjamestrust.org.uk. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
- "Morus Londinium - The Charlton House heritage mulberry". moruslondinium.org. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
- "BBC - The great trees of London". news.bbc.co.uk. 2009-09-23. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
- "Photo of notice of tree removal from Richmond Council". twitter.com. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- "Londonist - Visit London's oldest tree". londonist.com. 2017-05-23. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
- "Site Details - Greenspace Information for Greater London". www.gigl.org.uk. Archived from the original on 29 March 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
- "Tree Register of Britain and Ireland". www.treeregister.org. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
- "London Gardens Online". www.londongardensonline.org.uk. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
- "The Great Trees of London". Foursquare. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
- "London's best trees". Evening Standard. 2013-05-13. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
- "London's oldest plane (tree)". aranya.co.uk. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
- "The Tree Company News (arboriculturalists)". thetreecompany.co.uk. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
- "Common fig in Amwell Street, EC1 in Islington, England, United Kingdom". monumentaltrees.com. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
- "The Royal Oak, Richmond Park". ancienttreeforum.co.uk. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
Further reading
- Time Out, editors of (2010). The Great Trees of London. Time Out. ISBN 978-1-84670-154-2.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
External links
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