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. 41 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

• 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)
• The Charter Oak, Danson Park (pedunculate oak, Bexley)
• Totteridge Yew, St. Andrew's Church, Totteridge Lane, Totteridge (yew, Barnet)[6]
• London Plane, Sutton Ecology Centre Grounds (London plane, Sutton)[7]
• The Lewisham Elm, Ladywell Fields (Flanders elm, Lewisham)[8]
• The Richmond Riverside Plane (London plane, Richmond)[9]
• The Aperfield Cedar, Aperfield Road, Biggin Hill (cedar of Lebanon, Bromley)[9]
• Two Horse Chestnut trees, Morden Cemetery, Motspur Park (horse chestnut, Morden)[9]
• 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)[10][11]
• 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).[12]
• 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)[13]
• 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)[14]
• 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

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  The Wood Street Horse Chestnut, Walthamstow
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  The Royal Oak, Richmond Park
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  Maids of Honour stone pine, Richmond
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  The Richmond riverside plane
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  The Cheapside London plane tree, City of London
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  The Asgill House copper beech, Richmond (winter 2007)
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  The Barn Elms London plane tree known as 'Barney', thought to be the oldest example of the species in London
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  The Ravenscourt Park plane tree, Hammersmith
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  The Lewisham Elm, Ladywell Fields
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  The Tate Plane, Brixton
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  The Amwell Fig (Ficus carica), Amwell Street, Islington
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  The Ravenscourt Park tree of heaven, Hammersmith
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  The Hardy Ash, St Pancras Old Church, Camden
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  The South Woodford Copper Beech, St Mary's Church, Woodford

See also

• List of individual trees
• List of Great British Trees

References

1. "The great trees of London". 23 September 2009. Retrieved 23 June 2018 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
2. "Londoners identify 20 new historic trees - Parks & Gardens UK". www.parksandgardens.org. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
3. "St. James Conservation Trust Newsletter" (PDF). stjamestrust.org.uk. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
4. "Morus Londinium - The Charlton House heritage mulberry". moruslondinium.org. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
5. "BBC - The great trees of London". news.bbc.co.uk. 2009-09-23. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
6. "Londonist - Visit London's oldest tree". londonist.com. 2017-05-23. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
7. "Site Details - Greenspace Information for Greater London". www.gigl.org.uk. Archived from the original on 29 March 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
8. "London Gardens Online". www.londongardensonline.org.uk. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
9. "The Great Trees of London". Foursquare. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
10. "London's best trees". Evening Standard. 2013-05-13. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
11. "London's oldest plane (tree)". aranya.co.uk. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
12. "The Tree Company News (arboriculturalists)". thetreecompany.co.uk. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
13. "Common fig in Amwell Street, EC1 in Islington, England, United Kingdom". monumentaltrees.com. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
14. "The Royal Oak, Richmond Park". ancienttreeforum.co.uk. Retrieved 5 September 2018.

External links

Media related to Great Trees of London at Wikimedia Commons

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)