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Drive Oak
Saul, Glos
Recorded by: Geoff Alpe
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Trees of National Special Interest (TNSI)
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Tree of the Year – Shortlisted
England, 2019
- Species:
- Pedunculate oakQuercus robur
- Form:
- Pollard managed
- Standing or fallen:
- Standing
- Living status:
- Alive
- Girth:
- 7.87m at a height of 1.50m
- Veteran status:
- Ancient tree
- County:
- Glos
- Country:
- England
- Grid reference:
- SO7353010550
- Public accessibility:
- Private - visible from public access (permission not required to view)
- Surroundings:
- School / college ground
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Drive Oak
Saul, Glos
Recorded by: Geoff Alpe
- Species:
- Pedunculate oak
- Form:
- Pollard managed
- Standing or fallen:
- Standing
- Living status:
- Alive
- Girth:
- 7.87m at a height of 1.50m
- Condition:
- Holes or water pockets, Hollowing trunk, Hollowing branches, Decaying wood in the crown, Decaying wood on the ground
- Veteran status:
- Ancient tree
- Tree number:
- 10767
- Local or historic name:
- Drive Oak
- County:
- Glos
- Country:
- England
- Grid reference:
- SO7353010550
- Public accessibility:
- Private - visible from public access (permission not required to view)
- Surroundings:
- School / college ground
- Ancient tree site:
- --
- Woodland Trust wood:
- No
- Epiphytes:
- Lichen
- Fungi:
- --
- Invertebrates:
- Yes
- Bats:
- --
- Recorded by:
- Geoff Alpe
- Recording organisation:
- --
- Last visited:
- 01/09/2020
- First recorded:
- 06/09/2007
The Drive Oak has guarded the entrance to Wick Court farm for hundreds of years. It may well have been there when Queen Elizabeth 1st came from Berkeley Castle after being reprimanded for killing too many stags. Many visitors have walked under its branches to get to the gate, including several members of the current royal family. Wick Court is run by Farms for City Children; over 1000 children aged 8-11 from inner-city primary schools stay on the farm every year, looking after the animals, growing the fruit and vegetables and enjoying the beautiful environment. Every week the oak tree is studied as part of a bird survey with the children and they get to climb inside and look up at the sky, as the tree is completely hollow.