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The Tilgate Hawthorn - its branches are supported by poles

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 Queenโ€™s Green Canopy project in 2022

Plaque indicating this tree is one of the trees dedicated to Queen Elizabeth II as part of the Queenโ€™s 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 Queenโ€™s Green Canopy project

#GreatTreesof Britain ๐Ÿ†๐ŸŒณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง #GTOB

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This #winsculpted thorn near Beachy Head points the way to the worldโ€™s longest coastal path

#GreatTreesof Britain #GTOB ๐Ÿ†๐ŸŒณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Amazingly, this #greattree is the ORIGINAL Bramley apple tree - and itโ€™s still alive!

ALL Bramley apples ๐Ÿ ultimately derive from this one tree ๐Ÿคฉ, which makes it โ€ฆ

โ€ฆ the #MotherofallApplePies

Great Trees of Britain #GTOB ๐Ÿ†๐ŸŒณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

#GreatTreesof #MothersDay

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The Hafod beech on the Hafod Estate, Ceredigion, Wales ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ

The Hafod beech on the Hafod Estate, Ceredigion, Wales ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ

National Trust notice board showing the trails around the Hafod Estate

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 ๐ŸŸฆ trail, โ€˜Ladyโ€™s Walkโ€™, below Hawthorn cottage @nationaltrust.org.uk

Great Trees of Britain #GTOB ๐Ÿ†๐ŸŒณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

#greattreesof Ceredigion ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ

#thicktrunktuesday

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#fingerpostfriday

Iโ€™m off to see one of the Great Trees of Britain #GTOB ๐Ÿ†๐ŸŒณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง โ€ฆ

โ€ฆ but which one, and which trail should I take ? ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฆ๐ŸŸฅ ๐Ÿค”

Clue: Iโ€™ll give you the correct answer on #thicktrunktuesday

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On Cannock Chase โ€ฆ

TiCL View App points out #Treebeard - the #greattree that surely inspired Tolkeinโ€™s Ent characters in #LOTR

#GreatTreesof Staffordshire

Great Trees of Britain #GTOB ๐Ÿ†๐ŸŒณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

Find #greattrees @ticl.me

bsky.app/profile/ticl...

@eu-treeguide.bsky.social
@gwtreelover.bsky.social

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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) ๐Ÿคฉ

Great Trees of Britain #GTOB ๐Ÿ†๐ŸŒฒ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

#GreatTreesof #Britain

@ancienttreeforum.bsky.social

bsky.app/profile/ticl...

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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 ๐Ÿ†๐ŸŒณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง (we choose them from your suggestions @TiCLme )

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Original Bramley apple tree faces uncertain future Nottingham Trent University has put the site up for sale as it says it is not suitable student accommodation.

Concern over future of the original Bramley apple tree as house is sold

Great Trees of Britain #GTOB ๐ŸŒณ๐Ÿ† ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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โ€ฆ the Meikleour Beech Hedge has some great examples @hughwilliamson.bsky.social

bsky.app/profile/hugh...

#GreatTreesof Britain #GTOB ๐Ÿ†๐ŸŒณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

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The film starts at one tree ๐ŸŒณ and ends at the other ๐ŸŒด

Can you name the film ๐ŸŽฅ ?

#GreatTreesof #Wiltshire

Great Trees of Britain #GTOB ๐Ÿ†๐ŸŒณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

@lostinfilms.bsky.social

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Our map of the Great Trees of Britain #GTOB now features > 1000 #greattrees
Weโ€™re looking forward to developing this map with you further in 2026

#GreatTreesof #Britain ๐Ÿ†๐ŸŒณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

bsky.app/profile/ticl...

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You made some wonderful additions to our map of the #GreatTreesof Britain #GTOB ๐Ÿ† ๐ŸŒณ ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

#treeslikethese

bsky.app/profile/ticl...

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Green roofs are not a new thing โ€ฆ

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

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#thicktrunktuesday

Possibly the oldest Cedar of Lebanon in the UK lives in Essex ๐Ÿคฉ

Phenomenal cosmic power โ€ฆ itty bitty living space

#GreatTreesof #Britain #GTOB ๐Ÿ†๐ŸŒฒ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

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For #thicktrunktuesday I give you one of the #GreatTreesof #Nottingham โ€ฆ

indeed Great Trees of Britain #GTOB ๐Ÿ†๐ŸŒณ ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

See them with me: ticl.me/the-great-tr...

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#thicktrunktuesday

The 4000 year old #Seahenge central tree stump can still be seen at Lynn Museum

Itโ€™s also one of my Great Trees of Britain #GTOB @ticl.me ๐Ÿ†๐ŸŒณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

www.lynnmuseum.norfolk.gov.uk/article/3049...

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An oval wooden palisade wall with two central posts

An oval wooden palisade wall with two central posts

#SeaHenge2

In 1998 shifting sands on the North Norfolk Coast revealed this โ€ฆ

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...

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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 โ€˜Birnam Woodโ€™ #BirnamWood

#GreatTreesof Britain #GTOB ๐Ÿ†๐ŸŒณ๐ŸŒณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

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Today, a really #greattree for you ๐Ÿคฉ

The Holme Lacy pear tree ๐Ÿ

Probably the oldest pear tree in the world (and, at one time, almost certainly the biggest)

Great Trees of Britain #GTOB ๐Ÿ†๐ŸŒณ ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง
#GreatTreesof #Herefordshire

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โ€˜Before you stands Europe's - and possibly even the world's - oldest living thingโ€™

Great Trees of Britain #GTOB ๐Ÿ†๐ŸŒณ ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

#GreatTreesof #Britain

Fortingall yew - a #GreatTree #RootedinHistory

@dendrochronicle.bsky.social

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Over the last 10 years, from your TiCL and social media posts, Iโ€™ve been developing a FREE, live, map and App guide to The Greatest Trees in Britain ๐Ÿคฉ

The #GreatTrees of Britain #GTOB ๐ŸŒณ๐Ÿ† ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

#GreatTreesof #Britain

See them HERE (and download the new TiCL View App) NOW

ticl.me/the-great-tr...

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Something special for you โ€ฆ

At 500 years old this is probably the oldest field maple in the UK ๐Ÿคฉ

#GreatTreesof Essex

Great Trees of Britain #GTOB ๐Ÿ†๐ŸŒณ ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

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#thicktrunktuesday The 450+ year old Reid Moir Oak ๐ŸŒณ

A #GreatTree of Ipswich saved from destruction for a new road in 1953 by #treehero James Reid Moir, both now Legends of Broom Hill๐Ÿคฉ

#GreatTreesof Suffolk
#GreatTrees of Britain #GTOB ๐Ÿ†๐ŸŒณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

@treeside.bsky.social
@treeshepherd.bsky.social

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#thicktrunktuesday

thick and twisted

The Tehidy Country Park Beech

#GreatTreesof Cornwall @Botany2021
#GreatTrees of Britain #GTOB ๐Ÿ†๐ŸŒณ ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

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This isnโ€™t any old place โ€ฆ

This is The Enchanted Place ๐Ÿคฉ

Youโ€™ll find it and other #WinnieThePooh landmark locations in Ashdown Forest more easily with โ€˜me

ticl.me/winnie-the-p...

#GreatTreesof Britain ๐Ÿ†๐ŸŒณ ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง #GTOB

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You get 2 for 1 #GreatTreesof Britain #GTOB this #thicktrunktuesday ๐ŸŒณ๐ŸŒณ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

When you visit the Birnam Oak (all thatโ€™s left of the Wood made famous by Shakespeareโ€™s Macbeth) โ€ฆ

@andyheald.bsky.social
@wtscotsocial.bsky.social

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#thicktrunktuesday a #GreatTree for you (Adrian & Cookie for scale)

The Drumlanrig Sycamore is 300 years old and the the largest in the UK ๐Ÿคฉ

#GreatTreesof Dumfries & Galloway

Great Trees of Britain #GTOB ๐Ÿ†๐ŸŒณ ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

@andyheald.bsky.social
@twigsinhair.bsky.social
@woodiechef.bsky.social

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Seeing as itโ€™s #thicktrunktuesday hereโ€™s a #greattree

Despite its size itโ€™s a bit tricky to find, so let me #pointout the Willesley Park Sweet chestnut ๐ŸŒณ ๐ŸŒฐ

Itโ€™s another of the Queenโ€™s Green Canopy trees and one of the #GreatTreesof Britain #GTOB ๐Ÿ†๐ŸŒณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

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Iโ€™d sort of assumed Douglas fir ๐ŸŒฒ had been part of the Scottish landscape for ever โ€ฆ

Then you showed me the first one planted in the UK ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

#GreatTreesof Dumfries

Great Trees of Britain ๐Ÿ†๐ŸŒณ ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง #GTOB

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