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Bowthorpe Oak
Manthorpe, Lincs
Recorded by: Not specified
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Heritage Tree
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Trees of National Special Interest (TNSI)
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Tree of the Year – Shortlisted
England, 2016
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Champion Tree – UK’s Fattest
- Species:
- Pedunculate oakQuercus robur
- Form:
- Pollard
- Standing or fallen:
- Standing
- Living status:
- Alive
- Girth:
- 13.38m at a height of 1.50m History
- Veteran status:
- Ancient tree
- County:
- Lincs
- Country:
- England
- Grid reference:
- TF0671815342
- Public accessibility:
- Public - restricted access (e.g. National Trust property)
- Surroundings:
- --
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Bowthorpe Oak
Manthorpe, Lincs
Recorded by: Not specified
- Species:
- Pedunculate oak
- Form:
- Pollard
- Standing or fallen:
- Standing
- Living status:
- Alive
- Girth:
- 13.38m at a height of 1.50m History
- Condition:
- Hollowing trunk, Hollowing branches, Decaying wood in the crown, Hollow trunk - with opening
- Veteran status:
- Ancient tree
- Tree number:
- 142
- Local or historic name:
- Bowthorpe Oak
- County:
- Lincs
- Country:
- England
- Grid reference:
- TF0671815342
- Public accessibility:
- Public - restricted access (e.g. National Trust property)
- Surroundings:
- --
- Ancient tree site:
- --
- Woodland Trust wood:
- No
- Epiphytes:
- Lichen
- Fungi:
- --
- Invertebrates:
- Yes
- Bats:
- --
- Recorded by:
- Not specified
- Recording organisation:
- --
- Recorded on:
- 04/05/2022
My favourite picture of this tree? The very first one on the "New discoveries > 2007 > The Bowthorpe oak page" with the chicken leaning in on the frame as if to guard it. "For a small entrance charge you can visit this mighty oak", would it be 'chicken feed' by chance? HeHe!
"I remember how wonderfully impressive the tree was, but it was terribly sad seeing it thereso alone - I wonder by what miracle it survived?" Beverley Wills reminiscing about her visit to the tree back in 1985
On 28/04/2022 the tree measured 12.80m at 2m, 13.38m at 1.5m, 13.70m at 1.3m, 13.46m at 1.2m and 13.44m at 1m. The rapid increase in growth in the past 20 years suggests the tree has split and opened up, perhaps when it recently lost a very large limb, or building up to that event? Future measurements will help confirm if the tree has stabilized or continues to move apart. Recent tree surgery to reduce sail area and weight appears justified.