Great Trees of London

Example of a Great Tree of London plaque, this one is for the South Woodford copper beech

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.

List of the Trees[]

Original 41[]

Name	Image	Location	Borough	Species	Notes
St. James' Church Indian Bean Tree		St James' Church, Piccadilly	Westminster	Indian bean tree	Tree removed April 2010[3]
The Dorchester Plane		Dorchester Hotel, Mayfair	Westminster	London plane
Charlton House Mulberry		Charlton House	Greenwich	Black mulberry	[4]
Charlton House Hackberry or Nettletree		Charlton House	Greenwich	Hackberry	Tree removed 2002[citation needed]
Fulham Palace Oak		Fulham Palace	Hammersmith & Fulham	Holm oak	Oldest holm oak in London[5][6][7]
Cut Leaf Beech		York House, Twickenham	Richmond	'Asplenifolia' Beech	Tree to be removed winter 2020/21[8]
The Charter Oak		Danson Park	Bexley	Pedunculate oak	In 1937 the Bexley borough charter was signed underneath this tree. It now appears in the coat of arms of the London Borough of Bexley.[7]
Totteridge Yew		St. Andrew's Church, Totteridge	Barnet	Yew	[9]
London Plane		Sutton Ecology Centre Grounds	Sutton	London plane	[10]
The Lewisham Elm		Ladywell Fields	Lewisham	European white elm[11] although a plaque in park identifies it as a Flanders elm	[12]
The Richmond Riverside Plane		Richmond	Richmond	London plane	[13]
The Aperfield Cedar		Aperfield Road, Biggin Hill	Bromley	Cedar of Lebanon	[13]
Two Horse Chestnut trees		Morden Cemetery, Motspur Park	Morden	Horse chestnut	[13]
The Wood Street Horse Chestnut		Wood Street, Walthamstow	Waltham Forest	Horse chestnut
The Ravenscourt Park Tree of Heaven		Ravenscourt Park	Hammersmith & Fulham	Tree of heaven
The Ashcombe Sweet Chestnut		Ashcombe Road, Carshalton	Sutton	Sweet chestnut
The Barn Elms Plane, 'Barney'		Barn Elms, Barnes	Richmond	London plane	[14][15]
The Black Horse Chestnut		East Sheen	Richmond	Horse chestnut
The Asgill House Copper Beech		Asgill House, Richmond	Richmond	Copper beech	Died winter 2013/14, now a limbless stump (September 2018).[16]
Maids of Honour Stone Pine		Richmond Green	Richmond	Stone pine
The Wembley Elm		Wembley	Brent	European white elm
The Crane Park crack willow		Crane Park	Hounslow	Crack willow	Collapsed circa 2010[citation needed]
The Battersea Park Strawberry Tree		Battersea Park	Wandsworth	Hybrid strawberry tree
The Dulwich Park Turkey Oak		Dulwich Park	Southwark	Turkey oak
Greenwich Park Sweet Chestnut		Flower Garden, Greenwich Park	Greenwich	Sweet chestnut
The Greenwich Park Shagbark Hickory		Flower Garden, Greenwich Park	Greenwich	Shagbark hickory
The Kingston Silver Lime		Thames river path, Kingston	Kingston	Silver lime 'Petiolaris'	Tree removed circa 2008[citation needed]
The Barnsbury Beech		Barnsbury	Islington	Beech	Replaced 2005[citation needed]
The Kenley House Oak		Kenley	Croydon	Pedunculate oak
The Marble Hill Walnut		Marble Hill Park, Richmond	Richmond	Black walnut
The Roehampton Lucombe Oak		Alton Estate, Roehampton	Wandsworth	Lucombe oak
The North Circular Cork Oak		Hall Lane, Chingford	Waltham Forest	Cork oak
The Friday Hill Plane		Friday Hill House, Chingford	Waltham Forest	London Plane
The South Woodford Copper Beech		St Mary's Church, South Woodford	Redbridge	Copper beech
The George Green Sweet Chestnut		George Green, Wanstead	Redbridge	Sweet chestnut
The Fairlop Oak		Fulwell Cross roundabout, Ilford	Redbridge	Pedunculate oak
The Valence Park Holm Oak		Valence Park, Becontree	Barking & Dagenham	Holm oak
The Bromley Oak		Outside the Glades shopping centre, Bromley	Bromley	Pedunculate oak
The Downe Yew		St Mary's Church, Downe	Bromley	Yew
The West Wickham Oak		Southcroft Avenue, West Wickham	Bromley	Pedunculate oak
The Addington Palace Cedar		Addington Palace	Croydon	Cedar of Lebanon

20 added in 2008[]

Name	Image	Location	Borough	Species	Notes
The Hendon Japanese Maple		Hendon Park	Barnet	Japanese maple
The Hardy Ash		Old St Pancras Churchyard	Camden	Ash
London Plane		Brunswick Square Gardens	Camden	London plane
London Plane		Regent's Park	Camden	London plane
London Plane		Cheapside, City of London	City of London	London plane
Cedar of Lebanon		Forty Hall, Enfield	Enfield	Cedar of Lebanon
London Plane		Ravenscourt Park	Hammersmith & Fulham	London plane
Osterley Cork Oak		Osterley Park	Hounslow	Cork oak	Planted 1855[17] [18]
The Amwell Fig		Amwell Street, Pentonville	Islington	Fig	[19]
English Oak		Brockwell Park	Lambeth	English oak
The Tate Plane		Outside Tate Library, Brixton	Lambeth	London plane
Common Fig		High Street, Stratford	Newham	Fig
Field Maple		Valentine's Park, Ilford	Redbridge	Field maple
The Royal Oak		Richmond Park	Richmond	Pedunculate oak	[20]
Sweet Chestnut		Carshalton Park, Sutton	Sutton	Sweet chestnut
The Marylebone Elm		By the Garden of Rest, Marylebone High Street	Westminster	Huntingdon elm
The Embankment Plane		Embankment SW1	Westminster	Oriental plane
The Berkeley Plane		Berkeley Square	Westminster	London plane
The Gower Street Plane		Gower Street	Camden	London plane
The Abbey Plane		Broad Sanctuary, Westminster Abbey	Westminster	London plane

See also[]

• List of individual trees
• List of Great British Trees

References[]

Sources[]

• 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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