The Tilgate Hawthorn - its branches are supported by poles
Plaque indicating this tree is one of the trees dedicated to Queen Elizabeth II as part of the Queenโs Green Canopy project in 2022
The Tilgate Hawthorn is one of the oldest in the UK and is one of the 70 #greattrees that were dedicated to Queen Elizabeth II in 2022 as part of the Queenโs Green Canopy project
#GreatTreesof Britain ๐๐ณ๐ฌ๐ง #GTOB
This #winsculpted thorn near Beachy Head points the way to the worldโs longest coastal path
#GreatTreesof Britain #GTOB ๐๐ณ๐ฌ๐ง
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Amazingly, this #greattree is the ORIGINAL Bramley apple tree - and itโs still alive!
ALL Bramley apples ๐ ultimately derive from this one tree ๐คฉ, which makes it โฆ
โฆ the #MotherofallApplePies
Great Trees of Britain #GTOB ๐๐ณ๐ฌ๐ง
#GreatTreesof #MothersDay
The Hafod beech on the Hafod Estate, Ceredigion, Wales ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ
National Trust notice board showing the trails around the Hafod Estate
I found the Hafod Beech, which is one of the original Thomas Jones plantings (1782-1813), on the blue ๐ฆ trail, โLadyโs Walkโ, below Hawthorn cottage @nationaltrust.org.uk
Great Trees of Britain #GTOB ๐๐ณ๐ฌ๐ง
#greattreesof Ceredigion ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ
#thicktrunktuesday
#fingerpostfriday
Iโm off to see one of the Great Trees of Britain #GTOB ๐๐ณ๐ฌ๐ง โฆ
โฆ but which one, and which trail should I take ? ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ค
Clue: Iโll give you the correct answer on #thicktrunktuesday
On Cannock Chase โฆ
TiCL View App points out #Treebeard - the #greattree that surely inspired Tolkeinโs Ent characters in #LOTR
#GreatTreesof Staffordshire
Great Trees of Britain #GTOB ๐๐ณ๐ฌ๐ง
Find #greattrees @ticl.me
bsky.app/profile/ticl...
@eu-treeguide.bsky.social
@gwtreelover.bsky.social
A super special #greattree for you this #thicktrunktuesday
The Defynnog Yew is one of the oldest trees in the UK - likely to be 2,000-3,000 years old (some estimate 5000yrs) ๐คฉ
Great Trees of Britain #GTOB ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ง
#GreatTreesof #Britain
@ancienttreeforum.bsky.social
bsky.app/profile/ticl...
So Christian showed me The Ilex Avenue
With over 400 Holm oaks dating back to 1840, this is considered by many to be one of the finest of its kind in the world
#GreatTrees of Britain #GTOB ๐๐ณ๐ฌ๐ง (we choose them from your suggestions @TiCLme )
Concern over future of the original Bramley apple tree as house is sold
Great Trees of Britain #GTOB ๐ณ๐ ๐ฌ๐ง
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
โฆ the Meikleour Beech Hedge has some great examples @hughwilliamson.bsky.social
bsky.app/profile/hugh...
#GreatTreesof Britain #GTOB ๐๐ณ๐ฌ๐ง
The film starts at one tree ๐ณ and ends at the other ๐ด
Can you name the film ๐ฅ ?
#GreatTreesof #Wiltshire
Great Trees of Britain #GTOB ๐๐ณ๐ฌ๐ง
@lostinfilms.bsky.social
Our map of the Great Trees of Britain #GTOB now features > 1000 #greattrees
Weโre looking forward to developing this map with you further in 2026
#GreatTreesof #Britain ๐๐ณ๐ฌ๐ง
bsky.app/profile/ticl...
You made some wonderful additions to our map of the #GreatTreesof Britain #GTOB ๐ ๐ณ ๐ฌ๐ง
#treeslikethese
bsky.app/profile/ticl...
Green roofs are not a new thing โฆ
The sycamore on the top of Colchester Castle was planted in 1815 to commemorate the Battle of Waterloo
Great Trees of Britain #GTOB
@cha0tic.bsky.social
@colcivicsociety.bsky.social
@jetraven.bsky.social
#thicktrunktuesday
Possibly the oldest Cedar of Lebanon in the UK lives in Essex ๐คฉ
Phenomenal cosmic power โฆ itty bitty living space
#GreatTreesof #Britain #GTOB ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ง
For #thicktrunktuesday I give you one of the #GreatTreesof #Nottingham โฆ
indeed Great Trees of Britain #GTOB ๐๐ณ ๐ฌ๐ง
See them with me: ticl.me/the-great-tr...
#thicktrunktuesday
The 4000 year old #Seahenge central tree stump can still be seen at Lynn Museum
Itโs also one of my Great Trees of Britain #GTOB @ticl.me ๐๐ณ๐ฌ๐ง
www.lynnmuseum.norfolk.gov.uk/article/3049...
An oval wooden palisade wall with two central posts
#SeaHenge2
In 1998 shifting sands on the North Norfolk Coast revealed this โฆ
Constructed from wood in 2049 BC - this remarkable Bronze age structure can still be seen at very low tides off Holme-next-the-Sea #GTOB
www.holme-next-the-sea.co.uk/seahenge.php...
The Birnam Oak and its neighbour the Birnam Sycamore are thought to be the sole surviving trees of the great forest celebrated in Shakespeare's Macbeth as โBirnam Woodโ #BirnamWood
#GreatTreesof Britain #GTOB ๐๐ณ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ง
Today, a really #greattree for you ๐คฉ
The Holme Lacy pear tree ๐
Probably the oldest pear tree in the world (and, at one time, almost certainly the biggest)
Great Trees of Britain #GTOB ๐๐ณ ๐ฌ๐ง
#GreatTreesof #Herefordshire
โBefore you stands Europe's - and possibly even the world's - oldest living thingโ
Great Trees of Britain #GTOB ๐๐ณ ๐ฌ๐ง
#GreatTreesof #Britain
Fortingall yew - a #GreatTree #RootedinHistory
@dendrochronicle.bsky.social
Over the last 10 years, from your TiCL and social media posts, Iโve been developing a FREE, live, map and App guide to The Greatest Trees in Britain ๐คฉ
The #GreatTrees of Britain #GTOB ๐ณ๐ ๐ฌ๐ง
#GreatTreesof #Britain
See them HERE (and download the new TiCL View App) NOW
ticl.me/the-great-tr...
Something special for you โฆ
At 500 years old this is probably the oldest field maple in the UK ๐คฉ
#GreatTreesof Essex
Great Trees of Britain #GTOB ๐๐ณ ๐ฌ๐ง
#thicktrunktuesday The 450+ year old Reid Moir Oak ๐ณ
A #GreatTree of Ipswich saved from destruction for a new road in 1953 by #treehero James Reid Moir, both now Legends of Broom Hill๐คฉ
#GreatTreesof Suffolk
#GreatTrees of Britain #GTOB ๐๐ณ๐ฌ๐ง
@treeside.bsky.social
@treeshepherd.bsky.social
#thicktrunktuesday
thick and twisted
The Tehidy Country Park Beech
#GreatTreesof Cornwall @Botany2021
#GreatTrees of Britain #GTOB ๐๐ณ ๐ฌ๐ง
This isnโt any old place โฆ
This is The Enchanted Place ๐คฉ
Youโll find it and other #WinnieThePooh landmark locations in Ashdown Forest more easily with โme
ticl.me/winnie-the-p...
#GreatTreesof Britain ๐๐ณ ๐ฌ๐ง #GTOB
You get 2 for 1 #GreatTreesof Britain #GTOB this #thicktrunktuesday ๐ณ๐ณ๐๐ฌ๐ง
When you visit the Birnam Oak (all thatโs left of the Wood made famous by Shakespeareโs Macbeth) โฆ
@andyheald.bsky.social
@wtscotsocial.bsky.social
#thicktrunktuesday a #GreatTree for you (Adrian & Cookie for scale)
The Drumlanrig Sycamore is 300 years old and the the largest in the UK ๐คฉ
#GreatTreesof Dumfries & Galloway
Great Trees of Britain #GTOB ๐๐ณ ๐ฌ๐ง
@andyheald.bsky.social
@twigsinhair.bsky.social
@woodiechef.bsky.social
Seeing as itโs #thicktrunktuesday hereโs a #greattree
Despite its size itโs a bit tricky to find, so let me #pointout the Willesley Park Sweet chestnut ๐ณ ๐ฐ
Itโs another of the Queenโs Green Canopy trees and one of the #GreatTreesof Britain #GTOB ๐๐ณ๐ฌ๐ง
Iโd sort of assumed Douglas fir ๐ฒ had been part of the Scottish landscape for ever โฆ
Then you showed me the first one planted in the UK ๐ฎ
#GreatTreesof Dumfries
Great Trees of Britain ๐๐ณ ๐ฌ๐ง #GTOB
