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Great Witley Oak
Great Witley, Worcs
Recorded by: Robert McBride
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Trees of National Special Interest (TNSI)
- Species:
- Pedunculate oakQuercus robur
- Form:
- Unknown
- Standing or fallen:
- Remnant
- Living status:
- Alive
- Girth:
- 12.90m at a height of 1.00m
- Veteran status:
- Ancient tree
- County:
- Worcs
- Country:
- England
- Grid reference:
- SO7708366653
- Public accessibility:
- Public - partial access
- Surroundings:
- Bridlepath / footpath, Field
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Great Witley Oak
Great Witley, Worcs
Recorded by: Robert McBride
- Species:
- Pedunculate oak
- Form:
- Unknown
- Standing or fallen:
- Remnant
- Living status:
- Alive
- Girth:
- 12.90m at a height of 1.00m
- 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:
- 22
- Local or historic name:
- Great Witley Oak
- County:
- Worcs
- Country:
- England
- Grid reference:
- SO7708366653
- Public accessibility:
- Public - partial access
- Surroundings:
- Bridlepath / footpath, Field
- Ancient tree site:
- --
- Woodland Trust wood:
- No
- Epiphytes:
- --
- Fungi:
- Evidence of
- Invertebrates:
- --
- Bats:
- --
- Recorded by:
- Robert McBride
- Recording organisation:
- --
- Last visited:
- 24/08/2023
- First recorded:
- 17/02/2007
Have any tree experts looked at this tree to decide if it really is a giant oak - from the girth, one of the largest in Europe - or possibly 2 or even 3 oaks that grew in close proximity at the same rate, and because of hollowing-out now look like one tree ? Are ther any old detailed maps that mark this oak ?
The landowner has a photo of this tree intact. It looks like one tree of about 8m in girth. The girth measurement of 12.9m is exaggerated by measuring around the collapsed and fragmented remains. It is a great tree but never as big or potentially old as suggested by such a huge girth!