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Sweet chestnut
Buckingham Park, West Sussex
Recorded by: Not specified
- Species:
- Sweet chestnutCastanea sativa
- Form:
- Pollard
- Standing or fallen:
- Standing
- Living status:
- Alive
- Girth:
- 7.20m at a height of 1.00m History
- Veteran status:
- Veteran tree
- County:
- West Sussex
- Country:
- England
- Grid reference:
- TQ2208906119
- Public accessibility:
- Public - open access (e.g. public park)
- Surroundings:
- Public or open space
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Sweet chestnut
Buckingham Park, West Sussex
Recorded by: Not specified
- Species:
- Sweet chestnut
- Form:
- Pollard
- Standing or fallen:
- Standing
- Living status:
- Alive
- Girth:
- 7.20m at a height of 1.00m History
- Condition:
- Holes or water pockets, Hollowing trunk, Hollowing branches, Decaying wood in the crown
- Veteran status:
- Veteran tree
- Tree number:
- 21172
- Local or historic name:
- --
- County:
- West Sussex
- Country:
- England
- Grid reference:
- TQ2208906119
- Public accessibility:
- Public - open access (e.g. public park)
- Surroundings:
- Public or open space
- Ancient tree site:
- --
- Woodland Trust wood:
- No
- Epiphytes:
- --
- Fungi:
- --
- Invertebrates:
- --
- Bats:
- --
- Recorded by:
- Not specified
- Recording organisation:
- --
- Last visited:
- 27/08/2021
- First recorded:
- 22/08/2007
This is one of four sweet chestnut trees I measured with my husband, aunt and two year old son at Buckingham Park, Shoreham. My aunt tells me there are other big trees further up the slope, but we didn't get that far - maybe one for a return visit? Found this link to some info about Buckingham Park's trees: http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Town2004.htm