Welcome to the Ancient Tree Inventory
Mapping the oldest and most important trees in the UK.
They can live for hundreds of years. And there are more of them in the UK than many other European countries.
Help protect our valuable tree heritage. Let us know if you see any ancient or old trees and put them on the map. There are already more than 160,000 trees listed but there are thousands more to add.
We need your help to find them.
Add a tree-
Tree search
Where do ancient trees grow? Explore the UK's ancient tree heritage with our map.
And you can view any trees you've added.
See the map -
What we record and why
There are more ancient trees in the UK than most other European countries.
But how do you tell how old a tree is and why should it be added to the inventory?
Find out more -
Featured blog
Recent highlights
Some amazing trees have been added to the inventory recently.
Our favourites include the hawthorn which survived Capability Brown and the third largest white elm in Britain.
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