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Queen Elizabeth I Oak
West Sussex
Recorded by: Aidan Champion
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Heritage Tree
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Trees of National Special Interest (TNSI)
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Champion Tree – UK’s Fattest
- Species:
- Sessile oakQuercus petraea
- Form:
- Pollard form (natural)
- Standing or fallen:
- Standing
- Living status:
- Alive
- Girth:
- 13.18m at a height of 1.50m History
- Veteran status:
- Ancient tree
- County:
- West Sussex
- Country:
- England
- Grid reference:
- SU9128122659
- Public accessibility:
- Private - visible from public access (permission not required to view)
- Surroundings:
- Field, Mediaeval deer park
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Queen Elizabeth I Oak
West Sussex
Recorded by: Aidan Champion
- Species:
- Sessile oak
- Form:
- Pollard form (natural)
- Standing or fallen:
- Standing
- Living status:
- Alive
- Girth:
- 13.18m at a height of 1.50m History
- 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:
- 4418
- Local or historic name:
- Queen Elizabeth I Oak
- County:
- West Sussex
- Country:
- England
- Grid reference:
- SU9128122659
- Public accessibility:
- Private - visible from public access (permission not required to view)
- Surroundings:
- Field, Mediaeval deer park
- Ancient tree site:
- Cowdray Park
- Woodland Trust wood:
- No
- Epiphytes:
- Lichen, Moss, Other
- Fungi:
- --
- Invertebrates:
- Yes
- Bats:
- --
- Recorded by:
- Aidan Champion
- Recording organisation:
- --
- Last visited:
- 01/09/2021
- First recorded:
- 11/12/2007
Following a visit last weekend we can confirm this is the 3rd biggest Sessile Oak ever recorded. The true girth currently appears to be 12.50m-12.80m depending upon how level the tape is and which bumps and burrs are avoided or not! The image attached shows one of the girth checks we did. At no time did we obtain anything reaching 14m unless measuring low down below the standard 1.5m height used for the comparison of champion trees. The Pontfadog Oak in Wales is 12.85m and the Marton Oak in Cheshire is 13.38m although this tree is now fragmented. All three trees are currently recorded as champion Sessile Oak by the Tree Register. The QE Oak is the only one with good public access and although it is only visible from the public footpath Lord Cowdray allows the tree to be visited. Photographs from c.1900 show the QE Oak has changedconsiderably within the past 100 years.
I (Aidan Champion) am not the recorder of this tree. This seems to be an error.