• Heritage Tree

• Trees of National Special Interest (TNSI)

• Champion Tree – UK’s Fattest

The Marton Oak stands in a private garden in Marton, Cheshire, on the aptly named 'Oak Lane' - suggesting the tree must have been a local landmark for many centuries. This is a sessile oak and is very fragmented, making an accurate girth measurement impossible. The centre is totally hollow, with just a few large fragments of the outer bole remaining, leaning outward under their own weight. This tree may be in the latter stages of its immense lifespan, but it will have provided a continuous supply of valuable deadwood over the past centuries, supporting the local ecology. Although not possible to tell from the fragments remaining, it is thought this tree may have been pollarded in its past. If so, it will also have provided local people with essential firewood, construction materials and winter animal fodder to generations gone-by.

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The Marton Oak stands in a private garden in Marton, Cheshire, on the aptly named 'Oak Lane' - suggesting the tree must have been a local landmark for many centuries. This is a sessile oak and is very fragmented, making an accurate girth measurement impossible. The centre is totally hollow, with just a few large fragments of the outer bole remaining, leaning outward under their own weight. This tree may be in the latter stages of its immense lifespan, but it will have provided a continuous supply of valuable deadwood over the past centuries, supporting the local ecology. Although not possible to tell from the fragments remaining, it is thought this tree may have been pollarded in its past. If so, it will also have provided local people with essential firewood, construction materials and winter animal fodder to generations gone-by.

About the tree

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Species:

Sessile oakQuercus petraea

Form:

Pollard

Standing or fallen:

Fragmented

Living status:

Alive

Girth:

14.02m at a height of 1.50m

Veteran status:

Ancient tree

Location of tree

County:

Cheshire

Country:

England

Grid reference:

SJ8522068315

Public accessibility:

Private - not visible from public access (permission required to view)

Surroundings:

Domestic garden