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The Darley Dale Yew
Darley Dale, Derbyshire
Recorded by: ATI admin
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Trees of National Special Interest (TNSI)
- Species:
- Common yewTaxus baccata
- Form:
- Maiden
- Standing or fallen:
- Standing
- Living status:
- Alive
- Girth:
- 8.31m at a height of 0.10m
- Veteran status:
- Ancient tree
- County:
- Derbyshire
- Country:
- England
- Grid reference:
- SK2667762969
- Public accessibility:
- Public - open access (e.g. public park)
- Surroundings:
- Churchyard
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The Darley Dale Yew
Darley Dale, Derbyshire
Recorded by: ATI admin
- Species:
- Common yew
- Form:
- Maiden
- Standing or fallen:
- Standing
- Living status:
- Alive
- Girth:
- 8.31m at a height of 0.10m
- Condition:
- Holes or water pockets, Hollowing trunk, Hollowing branches, Decaying wood in the crown
- Veteran status:
- Ancient tree
- Tree number:
- 26249
- Local or historic name:
- The Darley Dale Yew
- Tag number:
- County:
- Derbyshire
- Country:
- England
- Grid reference:
- SK2667762969
- Public accessibility:
- Public - open access (e.g. public park)
- Surroundings:
- Churchyard
- Ancient tree site:
- --
- Woodland Trust wood:
- No
- Epiphytes:
- Ivy
- Fungi:
- --
- Invertebrates:
- Yes
- Bats:
- --
- Recorded by:
- ATI admin
- Recording organisation:
- --
- Last visited:
- 10/04/2026
- First recorded:
- 09/08/1999
wonderful tree,from the celts to the presant day this yew has seen it all.still in remarkable condition and still growing,a true surviver.
Magnificent old yew in churchyard at Church of Saint Helen, Church Town, Darley Dale. Back in 1824 Ebenezer Rhodes (Peak Scenery)describes a single trunk to about 12 feet, with a girth of 34 feet, then splitting into two main trunks upwards. He estimated the age as 600 years. In 1906 J.B.Firth (Highways and Byways in Derbyshire) quotes similar statistics but says estimates of age range from 600 to 2000 years! The information board at the tree quotes an age of 2000 years. No matter which is the more accurate estimate of age, this is a superb old tree.
This tree is the English Heritage website as The Darley yew. Link here: http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=311327
Duplicate record - same tree as 1709