Great Trees of London facts for kids

The Totteridge Yew, St Andrew's Church, Totteridge

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. Time Out published a book 'The Great Trees of London' listing all 61 trees in 2010.

List of the Trees

Original 41

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

• St. James' Church Indian Bean Tree, Piccadilly, W1 (Indian bean tree, Westminster). Tree removed April 2010
• The Dorchester Plane, Dorchester Hotel, Mayfair (London plane, Westminster)
• Charlton House Mulberry, Charlton House (black mulberry, Greenwich)
• Charlton House Hackberry or Nettletree, Charlton House (hackberry, Greenwich). Tree removed 2002
• Fulham Palace Oak, Fulham Palace (holm oak, Hammersmith & Fulham)
• Cut Leaf Beech, York House, Twickenham ('Asplenifolia' beech, Richmond). Tree to be removed winter 2020/21
• The Charter Oak, Danson Park (pedunculate oak, Bexley)
• Totteridge Yew, St. Andrew's Church, Totteridge Lane, Totteridge (yew, Barnet)
• London Plane, Sutton Ecology Centre Grounds (London plane, Sutton)
• The Lewisham Elm, Ladywell Fields (Cited as European white elm by some authorities, although a plaque in park identifies it as a Flanders elm, Lewisham)
• The Richmond Riverside Plane (London plane, Richmond)
• The Aperfield Cedar, Aperfield Road, Biggin Hill (cedar of Lebanon, Bromley)
• Two Horse Chestnut trees, Morden Cemetery, Motspur Park (horse chestnut, Morden)
• The Wood Street Horse Chestnut, Wood Street, Walthamstow (horse chestnut, Waltham Forest)
• The Ravenscourt Park Tree of Heaven, Ravenscourt Park (tree of heaven, Hammersmith & Fulham)
• The Ashcombe Sweet Chestnut, Ashcombe Road, Carshalton (sweet chestnut, Sutton)
• The Barn Elms Plane ('Barney'), Barnes (London plane, Richmond)
• The Black Horse Chestnut, East Sheen (horse chestnut, Richmond)
• The Asgill House Copper Beech, Richmond (copper beech, Richmond). Died winter 2013/14, now a limbless stump (September 2018).
• Maids of Honour Stone Pine, Richmond Green (stone pine, Richmond)
• The Wembley Elm, Wembley (European white elm, Brent)
• The Crane Park crack willow (crack willow, Hounslow). Collapsed circa 2010
• The Battersea Park Strawberry Tree, Battersea Park (hybrid strawberry tree, Wandsworth)
• The Dulwich Park Turkey Oak, Dulwich Park (Turkey oak, Southwark)
• Greenwich Park Sweet Chestnut, Flower Garden, Greenwich Park (sweet chestnut, Greenwich)
• The Greenwich Park Shagbark Hickory, Flower Garden, Greenwich Park (shagbark hickory, Greenwich)
• The Kingston Silver Lime, Thames river path, Kingston (silver lime 'Petiolaris', Kingston). Tree removed circa 2008
• The Barnsbury Beech, Barnsbury (beech, Islington). Replaced 2005
• The Kenley House Oak, Kenley (pedunculate oak, Croydon)
• The Marble Hill Walnut, Marble Hill Park, Richmond (black walnut, Richmond)
• The Roehampton Lucombe Oak, Alton Estate, Roehampton (Lucombe oak, Wandsworth)
• The North Circular Cork Oak, Hall Lane, Chingford (cork oak, Waltham Forest)
• The Friday Hill Plane, Friday Hill House, Chingford (London Plane, Waltham Forest)
• The South Woodford Copper Beech, St Mary's Church, Woodford, South Woodford (copper beech, Redbridge)
• The George Green Sweet Chestnut, George Green, Cambridge Park, Wanstead (sweet chestnut, Redbridge)
• The Fairlop Oak, Fulwell Cross roundabout, Ilford (pedunculate oak, Redbridge)
• The Valence Park Holm Oak, Valence Park, Becontree (holm oak, Barking & Dagenham)
• The Bromley Oak, outside the Glades shopping centre, Bromley (pedunculate oak, Bromley)
• The Downe Yew, St Mary's Church, Downe (yew, Bromley)
• The West Wickham Oak, Southcroft Avenue, West Wickham (pedunculate oak, Bromley)
• The Addington Palace Cedar, Addington Palace (cedar of Lebanon, Croydon)

20 added in 2008

• The Hendon Japanese Maple, Hendon Park (Japanese maple, Barnet)
• The Hardy Ash, Old St Pancras Churchyard (ash, Camden)
• London Plane, Brunswick Square Gardens (London plane, Camden)
• London Plane, Regent's Park (Camden)
• London Plane, Cheapside, City of London (City of London)
• Cedar of Lebanon, Forty Hall, Enfield (Enfield)
• London Plane, Ravenscourt Park (Hammersmith & Fulham)
• Cork Oak, Osterley Park (cork oak, Hounslow)
• The Amwell Fig, Amwell Street, Pentonville (fig, Islington)
• English Oak, Brockwell Park (Lambeth)
• The Tate Plane, outside Tate Library, Brixton (London plane, Lambeth)
• Common Fig, High Street, Stratford (fig, Newham)
• Field Maple, Valentine's Park, Ilford (field maple, Redbridge)
• The Royal Oak, Richmond Park (pedunculate oak, Richmond)
• Sweet Chestnut, Carshalton Park, Sutton (sweet chestnut, Sutton)
• The Marylebone Elm, by the Garden of Rest, Marylebone High Street, (Huntingdon elm, Westminster)
• The Embankment Plane, Embankment SW1 (oriental plane, Westminster)
• The Berkeley Plane, Berkeley Square (London plane, Westminster)
• The Gower Street Plane (London plane, Camden)
• The Abbey Plane, Broad Sanctuary, Westminster Abbey (London plane, Westminster)

Gallery

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  The Wood Street Horse Chestnut, Walthamstow

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  The Royal Oak, Richmond Park

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  Maids of Honour stone pine, Richmond

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  The Richmond riverside plane

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  The Cheapside London plane tree, City of London

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  The Asgill House copper beech, Richmond (winter 2007)

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  The Barn Elms London plane tree known as 'Barney', thought to be the oldest example of the species in London

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  The Ravenscourt Park plane tree, Hammersmith

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  The Lewisham Elm, Ladywell Fields

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  The Tate Plane, Brixton

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  The Amwell Fig (Ficus carica), Amwell Street, Islington

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  The Ravenscourt Park tree of heaven, Hammersmith

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  The Hardy Ash, St Pancras Old Church, Camden

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  The South Woodford Copper Beech, St Mary's Church, Woodford

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  Cedar of Lebanon, Forty Hall, Enfield

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  The Hendon Park Japanese Maple, Barnet