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Great Trees of London is 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] In 2010, Time Out Guides Limited published a book, 'The Great Trees of London', listing all 61 trees.

List of the Trees

Original 41

Name	Image	Location	Borough	Species	Notes
The St James's Indian Bean Tree		St James' Church, Piccadilly	Westminster	Indian bean tree	Tree removed in April 2010[3]
The Dorchester Plane		Dorchester Hotel, Mayfair	Westminster	London plane
The Charlton House Mulberry		Charlton House 51.481198°N 0.036359°E / 51.481198; 0.036359	Greenwich	Black mulberry	Planted at the beginning of the 1600s, possibly the oldest in the United Kingdom[4]: 172 [5]
The Charlton House Nettle Tree		Charlton House	Greenwich	Hackberry	Tree removed April 2002[4]: 215
The Fulham Palace Oak		Fulham Palace	Hammersmith & Fulham	Holm oak	Oldest holm oak in London[6][7][8]
The York House Cut Leaf Beech		York House, Twickenham	Richmond	'Asplenifolia' Beech	Tree to be removed winter 2020/21[9]
The Bexley Charter Oak		Danson Park 51.454900°N 0.118025°E / 51.454900; 0.118025	Bexley	Pedunculate oak	Well over 200 years old (as of 2010).[4]: 176  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.[8]
The Totteridge Yew		St. Andrew's Church, Totteridge 51.632381°N 0.200558°W / 51.632381; -0.200558	Barnet	Yew	Around 2000 years old (as of 2010), London's oldest tree.[10][4]: 130
The Carshalton Plane		Sutton Ecology Centre Grounds	Sutton	London plane	[11]
The Lewisham Dutch Elm		Ladywell Fields	Lewisham	European white elm[12] although a plaque in park identifies it as a Flanders elm	[13]
The Riverside Plane		Richmond	Richmond	London plane	[14]
The Aperfield Cedar		Aperfield Road, Biggin Hill 51.311487°N 0.041172°E / 51.311487; 0.041172	Bromley	Cedar of Lebanon	[14]
The Morden Cemetery Horse Chestnut		Morden Cemetery, Motspur Park	Morden	Horse chestnut	[14]
The Wood Street Horse Chestnut		Wood Street, Walthamstow 51.589258°N 0.004453°W / 51.589258; -0.004453	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	[15][16]
The Black Horse Pollard 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).[17]
The Maids of Honour Stone Pine		Richmond Green	Richmond	Stone pine
The Wembley Elm		Wembley 51.553292°N 0.285526°W / 51.553292; -0.285526	Brent	European white elm	Over 100 years old (as of 2010).[4]: 138
The Crane Park Crack Willow		Crane Park	Hounslow	Crack willow	Fallen over[4]: 215  circa 2010
The Battersea Park Hybrid Strawberry Tree		Battersea Park	Wandsworth	Hybrid strawberry tree
The Dulwich Park Oak		Dulwich Park	Southwark	Turkey oak
The Greenwich Spanish Sweet Chestnut		Flower Garden, Greenwich Park 51.476729°N 0.007199°E / 51.476729; 0.007199	Greenwich	Sweet chestnut
The Greenwich Park Shagbark Hickory		Flower Garden, Greenwich Park 51.475428°N 0.005180°E / 51.475428; 0.005180	Greenwich	Shagbark hickory	Largest shagbark hickory in the United Kingdom[4]: 169
The Kingston Weeping Silver Lime		Thames river path, Kingston	Kingston	Silver lime 'Petiolaris'	Tree removed[4]: 214  circa 2008
The Barnsbury Beech		Barnsbury	Islington	Beech	Replaced 2005[4]: 214
The Kenley House Oak		Kenley	Croydon	Pedunculate oak	On private land, hidden from view[4]: 215
The Marble Hill Black 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 51.574819°N 0.028049°E / 51.574819; 0.028049	Redbridge	Sweet chestnut	Probably planted in the early 1700s.[4]: 112
The Fairlop Oak		Fulwell Cross roundabout, Ilford 51.593694°N 0.085271°E / 51.593694; 0.085271	Redbridge	Pedunculate oak	Planted in 1951 in remembrance of its historical predecessor, which lived for around 500 years until 1820, in nearby Hainault Forest.[4]: 120
The Valence Park Oak		Valence Park, Becontree 51.558010°N 0.134955°E / 51.558010; 0.134955	Barking & Dagenham	Holm oak	As of October 2022, the pond enclosure is closed to the public for health and safety reasons, but the tree can be visited up close from Valence House grounds.
The Bromley Oak		Outside the Glades shopping centre, Bromley 51.403414°N 0.018598°E / 51.403414; 0.018598	Bromley	Pedunculate oak
The Downe Yew		St Mary's Church, Downe 51.335768°N 0.054415°E / 51.335768; 0.054415	Bromley	Yew
The West Wickham Oak		Southcroft Avenue, West Wickham 51.372793°N 0.014598°W / 51.372793; -0.014598	Bromley	Pedunculate oak
The Addington Palace Cedar		Addington Palace 51.357289°N 0.040391°W / 51.357289; -0.040391	Croydon	Cedar of Lebanon	Access by arrangement[4]: 206

20 added in 2008

Name	Image	Location	Borough	Species	Notes
The Hendon Japanese Maple		Hendon Park, near the tennis courts 51.582229°N 0.223459°W / 51.582229; -0.223459	Barnet	Japanese maple, Acer palmatum 'Heptalobum'[4]: 134	Planted in the early 1900s[4]: 134
The Hardy Ash		Old St Pancras Churchyard	Camden	Ash
The Brunswick Plane		Brunswick Square Gardens	Camden	London plane
The Regent's Plane		Regent's Park	Camden	London plane
The Cheapside Plane		Cheapside, City of London 51.514431°N 0.094798°W / 51.514431; -0.094798	City of London	London plane	At over 250 of age, "possibly the oldest tree in The Square Mile".[4]: 37
The Forty Hall Cedar of Lebanon		Forty Hall, Enfield 51.669391°N 0.067687°W / 51.669391; -0.067687	Enfield	Cedar of Lebanon	Planted around the turn of the 18th century[4]: 141
The Ravenscourt Plane		Ravenscourt Park	Hammersmith & Fulham	London plane
The Osterley Park Cork Oak		Osterley Park	Hounslow	Cork oak	Planted 1855[18][4]: 90
The Amwell Fig		Amwell Street, Pentonville 51.528204°N 0.110047°W / 51.528204; -0.110047,	Islington	Fig	[19]
The Brockwell Oak		Brockwell Park	Lambeth	Pedunculate oak
The Tate Plane		Outside Tate Library, Brixton	Lambeth	London plane
The Stratford Fig		Off High Street, Stratford 51.534361°N 0.008000°W / 51.534361; -0.008000	Newham	Fig
The Valentines Park Maple		Valentines Park, Ilford 51.571527°N 0.072690°E / 51.571527; 0.072690	Redbridge	Field maple	Planted in 17th century[4]: 116
The Richmond Royal Oak		Richmond Park	Richmond	Pedunculate oak	[20]
The Carshalton 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		North side of Horse Guards Avenue, at the junction with Victoria Embankment, SW1 51.504796°N 0.123285°W / 51.504796; -0.123285	Westminster	Oriental plane
The Berkeley Plane		Berkeley Square	Westminster	London plane
The Gower 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

External links

Media related to Great Trees of London at Wikimedia Commons

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