Champion Trees (species native to Britain and …

1 Champion Trees ( species native to Britain and ireland ) updated May 31st 2011 A complete list of all species (4,000+ records) including descriptive location/comments is available to Members on the web site Genus species Girth/cm @ Ht/m Property name County Country Acer campestre 534 Much Hadham Hertfordshire England Acer campestre 465 ? Helmingham Park Suffolk England Acer campestre 452 10 Downham (Essex) parish church Essex England Acer campestre 424 17 Chilston Park (Sandway Place) Kent England Acer campestre 270 Kinnettles House Angus Scotland Alnus glutinosa 647 1m Coniston (Cumbria) Cumbria England Alnus glutinosa 609 1m Chatsworth Park Derbyshire England Alnus glutinosa 600 Loch Choire Highland Scotland Alnus glutinosa 355 31 Luton Hoo Bedfordshire England Arbutus unedo 317 10 Killarney National Park Co.

2 Kerry ireland Arbutus unedo 254 0m 15 Chobham Place Wood Surrey England Betula pendula 402 11 Parham Park West Sussex England Betula pendula 232 29 Fota Arboretum Co. Cork ireland Betula pubescens 399 21 Priory Park, Reigate Surrey England Betula pubescens 339 Heckfield Hampshire England Betula pubescens 173 28 Westonbirt Arboretum Gloucestershire England Buxus sempervirens 145 7 White Notley Essex England Buxus sempervirens 66 Birr Castle Co. Offaly ireland Carpinus betulus 829 16 Brede East Sussex England Carpinus betulus 591 Ware Park Hertfordshire England Carpinus betulus 584 1m Weald Park (Brentwood) Essex England Carpinus betulus 578 1m 19 Dunganstown Castle (Wicklow) Co.

3 Wicklow ireland Carpinus betulus 361 34 Kilruddery Co. Wicklow ireland Carpinus betulus 214 31 Priory Park, Reigate Surrey England Cornus sanguinea 66 9 Ashcombe Bottom (Lewes) East Sussex England Cornus sanguinea 63 1m Hungerford Newtown Berkshire England Corylus avellana 490 9 Ashcombe Bottom (Lewes) East Sussex England Corylus avellana 276 Kentchurch Court Park Herefordshire England Corylus avellana 251 Loch Arklet Stirling Scotland Corylus avellana 167 Quinloch Wood, Blanefield Stirling Scotland Corylus avellana Charleville Forest Castle Co. Offaly ireland Crataegus laevigata 264 Wolverhampton Staffordshire England Crataegus laevigata 239 1m Melford Hall Suffolk England Crataegus monogyna 390 7 Crawley (Sussex)

4 West Sussex England Crataegus monogyna 176 15 Walsall Arboretum Staffordshire England Euonymus europaeus 97 Henley-on-Thames Oxfordshire England Euonymus europaeus 94 8 Chislehurst Greater London England Euonymus europaeus 41 10 Shankill Castle, Paulstown Co.

5 Kilkenny ireland Fagus sylvatica 1100 Windsor Great Park (Surrey) Surrey England Fagus sylvatica 961 1m 26 Plas Newydd, Llanfairpwll Anglesey Wales Fagus sylvatica 898 26 Glenville Park Co. Cork ireland Fagus sylvatica 880 Harescombe Gloucestershire England Fagus sylvatica 462 43 Lydney Park Gloucestershire England Frangula alnus 63 7 Thenford House Northamptonshire England Fraxinus excelsior 1078 29 Ardfert House Co. Tipperary ireland Fraxinus excelsior 964 1m Ochtertyre (Crieff) Perth and Kinross Scotland Fraxinus excelsior 880 12 Clapton Court, Clapton-by-Crewkerne Somerset England Fraxinus excelsior 280 40 Marlfield Farm (Tipperary) Co.

6 Tipperary ireland Hippophae rhamnoides 123 6 Fallodon Hall, Newton-by-the-Sea Northumberland England Hippophae rhamnoides 91 14 Kew: The Royal Botanic Gardens Greater London England Ilex aquifolium 713 12 Knightshayes Devon England Ilex aquifolium 393 14 Dundonnell House Highland Scotland Ilex aquifolium 320 Arkengarthdale Yorkshire England Ilex aquifolium 107 22 Brampton Bryan Park Herefordshire England Ilex aquifolium 0m Innisfallen Island Co. Kerry ireland Juniperus communis 91 Armadale Castle Highland Scotland Malus sylvestris 355 6 Croxdale Hall Park Durham England Malus sylvestris 170 17 Eridge Park East Sussex England Malus sylvestris 91 17 Mens, The West Sussex England Pinus sylvestris 609 31 Muirward Wood.

7 Scone Perth and Kinross Scotland Pinus sylvestris 597 Mar Lodge Aberdeenshire Scotland Pinus sylvestris 471 37 Ballogie estate Aberdeenshire Scotland Populus alba 434 Rickney East Sussex England Populus alba 421 Almondell and Calderwood Country Park West Lothian Scotland Populus alba 298 27 St Albans Hertfordshire England Populus nigra subsp. betulifolia 729 1m Rossett Denbighshire Wales Populus nigra subsp. betulifolia 701 Dragon House Hotel, Bilbrook Somerset England Populus nigra subsp. betulifolia 685 31 Christ's College, Brecon Powys Wales Populus nigra subsp. betulifolia 679 23 Lecarrow Co. Leitrim ireland Populus nigra subsp. betulifolia 631 38 Longnor Hall, Longnor Shropshire England Populus nigra subsp.

8 Betulifolia 496 1m Kelmscott Oxfordshire England Populus tremula 346 Newport Pagnell Buckinghamshire England Populus tremula 214 31 Cerney House Gardens Gloucestershire England Prunus avium 581 5 Studley Royal and Fountains Abbey Yorkshire England Prunus avium 559 15 Evanton Highland Scotland Prunus avium 163 32 Belvoir Castle Leicestershire England Prunus padus 173 11 Achnacarry Highland Scotland Prunus padus 126 20 Mount Congreve Co. Waterford ireland Prunus spinosa 116 6 Highgrove Farm, St Briavels Gloucestershire England Prunus spinosa 53 12 Dumpford Park Farm West Sussex England Pyrus communis subsp.

9 Communis 503 15 Lassington Gloucestershire England Pyrus communis subsp. communis 377 Cubbington Warwickshire England Pyrus communis subsp. communis 305 11 Denne Park, Horsham West Sussex England Pyrus communis subsp. communis 286 16 Hever Kent England Pyrus communis subsp. communis 270 16 Alexandra Park, Hastings East Sussex England Pyrus cordata 126 11 Kew: The Royal Botanic Gardens Greater London England Quercus petraea 1401 Marton (Congleton) Cheshire England Quercus petraea 1285 Pontfadog Denbighshire Wales Quercus petraea 1222 8 Cowdray Park West Sussex England Quercus petraea 594 39 Knole Park Kent England Quercus robur 1291 1m Great Witley Worcestershire England Quercus robur 1253 Lydham Manor Shropshire England Quercus robur 1232 2m Bowthorpe Park Farm Lincolnshire England Quercus robur 1216 20 Fredville Park Kent England Quercus robur 396 40 Stourhead Wiltshire England

10 Quercus robur 311 42 Belvoir Castle Leicestershire England Rhamnus cathartica 160 ? 9 Wicken Fen Cambridgeshire England Rhamnus cathartica 129 7 Highnam Court Gloucestershire England Salix alba 798 11 Amberley Wild Brooks West Sussex England Salix alba 336 30 Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre Warwickshire England Salix x calodendron 101 14 Kew: The Royal Botanic Gardens Greater London England Salix x calodendron 53 Boreham (Chelmsford) Essex England Salix caprea 459 Edenaclogh Wood Co.