Search Results

The old oak tree at Lassington is now lying on its side. However, a new tree is now in place and flourishing.

Here we see a New Forest glade under the shade of the famous King and Queen Oaks.

The oak tree is regarded as the centre of the village. Formerly there was an annual fair supported by the landlord of the ancient Old George Inn (centre).

The sad remains of this once great tree have suffered further since this photograph was taken. The branches have now gone, with only the trunk remaining.

The Yew Tree 1907. Sussex is renowned for her trees: oaks are commonly termed 'Sussex Weed'.

This very old oak tree is said to have been planted by Henry VII when he visited Wilburton with his son in c1500.

Yeldham Oak - seen here in the background - is now a hollow stump held together with cement and iron bands.

Common oak, silver birch, sweet chestnut and buckthorn, loved by the Brimstone butterfly, abound in Wyre Forest, along with Norway spruce.

The place-name allegedly refers to 'a tree of extraordinary bigness' that once stood in Hatfield Forest. The tree is now called the Doodle Oak.

The old deer park at Chatsworth contains some of the oldest oak trees still living in Britain.

One Tree Hill and Westley Heights were together designated Langdon Hills Country Park in 1973.

The mature oak trees give plenty of shade, and they thrive on the heavy clay soil that is typically found throughout the surrounding area. The oak is often described as `Sussex weed`.

The story of Charles II hiding in an oak tree is true - it happened here, in what was then thickly wooded countryside.

One Tree Hill and Westley Heights were together designated Langdon Hills Country Park in 1973.

We are looking past a mature oak tree and the caretaker's lodge to the main buildings of the secondary modern school for boys, constructed in 1959.

This ancient oak tree finally collapsed on 16 May 1941, just a month after the council had proposed the adding of a steel support.

The old stump of this tree known as Merlin's Oak is still kept in the town's civic hall.

The old elm tree stands in the village square. It was felled in the 1980s after it became dangerous and replaced with an oak tree in 1986. The Bell Inn is behind the tree.

At Water End, the River Gade runs under the fine three-arched bridge and through water meadows shaded by beech, willow and oak trees.

So have the patch of grass, the thatched cottage and the trees. The Royal Oak is still there, though it looks very different now.

Many visitors made their way to Cadnam to view the celebrated oak tree that buds in midwinter. Tradition says that the harder the winter, the more leaves that appear.

The celebrated Knightwood Oak is pictured here at a time when its girth was already over 17 feet.

His statue is decked with oak leaves to commemorate the occasion when the King hid in a tree from the Roundheads after the Battle of Worcester in 1651.

Also known as Piper's Hill Common, this beautiful nature reserve has developed from wood pasture; that is, rough grazing with a scattering of trees.