# Great Trees of London

Great Trees of London is a list created by Trees for Cities after the Great Storm of 1987, when the general public were asked to suggest suitable trees. Forty-one were chosen, with a further 20 added in 2008. In 2010, Time Out Guides Limited published a book, The Great Trees of London, listing all 61 trees.

## List of the trees
### Original 41

| Name | Location | Borough | Species | Notes |
| The Dorchester Plane | Dorchester Hotel, Mayfair 51°30′25″N 0°09′08″W﻿ / ﻿51.506828°N 0.152099°W﻿ / 51.506828; -0.152099 | Westminster | London plane | Planted in the early 1930s.$^{:20}$ |
| The Charlton House Mulberry | Charlton House 51°28′52″N 0°02′11″E﻿ / ﻿51.481198°N 0.036359°E﻿ / 51.481198; 0.036359 | Greenwich | Black mulberry | Planted at the beginning of the 1600s, possibly the oldest in the United Kingdom.$^{:172}$ |
| The Fulham Palace Oak | Fulham Palace 51°28′10″N 0°12′53″W﻿ / ﻿51.469566°N 0.214707°W﻿ / 51.469566; -0.214707 | Hammersmith and Fulham | Holm oak | Oldest holm oak in London, and perhaps the United Kingdom. Possibly dating from 1495, when the palace was built.$^{:47}$ |
| The Bexley Charter Oak | Danson Park 51°27′18″N 0°07′05″E﻿ / ﻿51.454900°N 0.118025°E﻿ / 51.454900; 0.118025 | Bexley | Pedunculate oak | Well over 200 years old (as of 2010).$^{:176}$ In 1937 the Bexley borough charter was signed underneath this tree. It now appears in the coat of arms of the London Borough of Bexley. |
| The Totteridge Yew | St. Andrew's Church, Totteridge 51°37′57″N 0°12′02″W﻿ / ﻿51.632381°N 0.200558°W﻿ / 51.632381; -0.200558 | Barnet | Yew | Between 1000 and 2000 years old (as of 2010), London's oldest tree.$^{:130}$ |
| The Carshalton Plane | Sutton Ecology Centre Grounds, Carshalton 51°21′55″N 0°09′56″W﻿ / ﻿51.365301°N 0.165514°W﻿ / 51.365301; -0.165514 | Sutton | London plane | About 200 years old (as of 2010).$^{:192}$ |
| The Lewisham Dutch Elm | Ladywell Fields 51°27′02″N 0°01′28″W﻿ / ﻿51.450645°N 0.024501°W﻿ / 51.450645; -0.024501 | Lewisham | European white elm | A plaque in the park incorrectly identifies it as a Flanders elm. |
| The Riverside Plane | Richmond 51°27′23″N 0°18′17″W﻿ / ﻿51.456465°N 0.304728°W﻿ / 51.456465; -0.304728 | Richmond upon Thames | London plane | At over 40 metres in height, it is one of the tallest London planes in the UK. |
| The Aperfield Cedar | Aperfield Road, Biggin Hill 51°18′41″N 0°02′28″E﻿ / ﻿51.311487°N 0.041172°E﻿ / 51.311487; 0.041172 | Bromley | Cedar of Lebanon | |
| The Morden Cemetery Horse Chestnut | Morden Cemetery, Motspur Park 51°23′30″N 0°13′45″W﻿ / ﻿51.391791°N 0.229083°W﻿ / 51.391791; -0.229083 | Merton | Horse chestnut | This "tree" is actually two trees, about 100 years old (as of 2010).$^{:180}$ |
| The Wood Street Horse Chestnut | Wood Street, Walthamstow 51°35′21″N 0°00′16″W﻿ / ﻿51.589258°N 0.004453°W﻿ / 51.589258; -0.004453 | Waltham Forest | Horse chestnut | Estimated to be 175 years old (as of 2010).$^{:98}$ |
| The Ravenscourt Park Tree of Heaven | Ravenscourt Park 51°29′47″N 0°14′14″W﻿ / ﻿51.496330°N 0.237089°W﻿ / 51.496330; -0.237089 | Hammersmith and Fulham | Tree of heaven | One of the largest trees of heaven in Britain.$^{:54}$ |
| The Ashcombe Sweet Chestnut | Ashcombe Road, Carshalton 51°21′36″N 0°09′44″W﻿ / ﻿51.359978°N 0.162281°W﻿ / 51.359978; -0.162281 | Sutton | Sweet chestnut | |
| The Black Horse Pollard Chestnut | East Sheen 51°27′41″N 0°17′20″W﻿ / ﻿51.461381°N 0.288973°W﻿ / 51.461381; -0.288973 | Richmond upon Thames | Horse chestnut | |
| The Maids of Honour Stone Pine | Richmond Green 51°27′41″N 0°18′31″W﻿ / ﻿51.461379°N 0.308673°W﻿ / 51.461379; -0.308673 | Richmond upon Thames | Stone pine | |
| The Wembley Elm | Wembley 51°33′12″N 0°17′08″W﻿ / ﻿51.553292°N 0.285526°W﻿ / 51.553292; -0.285526 | Brent | European white elm | Over 100 years old (as of 2010).$^{:138}$ |
| The Battersea Park Hybrid Strawberry Tree | Battersea Park 51°28′42″N 0°09′21″W﻿ / ﻿51.478312°N 0.155937°W﻿ / 51.478312; -0.155937 | Wandsworth | Hybrid strawberry tree | Dating from the 1850s.$^{:148}$ It lost a major limb, which was hovering over the footpath, in a big storm in February 2022, and the next bough up (still seen in the picture) in September 2023. |
| The Dulwich Park Oak | Dulwich Park 51°26′39″N 0°04′52″W﻿ / ﻿51.444121°N 0.081079°W﻿ / 51.444121; -0.081079 | Southwark | Turkey oak | |
| The Greenwich Spanish Sweet Chestnut | Flower Garden, Greenwich Park 51°28′36″N 0°00′26″E﻿ / ﻿51.476729°N 0.007199°E﻿ / 51.476729; 0.007199 | Greenwich | Sweet chestnut | Dating from 1660. |
| The Greenwich Park Shagbark Hickory | Flower Garden, Greenwich Park 51°28′32″N 0°00′19″E﻿ / ﻿51.475428°N 0.005180°E﻿ / 51.475428; 0.005180 | Greenwich | Shagbark hickory | Largest shagbark hickory in the United Kingdom.$^{:169}$ |
| The Marble Hill Black Walnut | Marble Hill Park, Richmond 51°26′55″N 0°18′39″W﻿ / ﻿51.448576°N 0.310797°W﻿ / 51.448576; -0.310797 | Richmond upon Thames | Black walnut | |
| The Roehampton Lucombe Oak | Alton Estate, Roehampton 51°27′05″N 0°14′49″W﻿ / ﻿51.451337°N 0.246961°W﻿ / 51.451337; -0.246961 | Wandsworth | Lucombe oak | |
| The North Circular Cork Oak | Hall Lane, Chingford 51°36′43″N 0°01′53″W﻿ / ﻿51.612050°N 0.031423°W﻿ / 51.612050; -0.031423 | Waltham Forest | Cork oak | Around 100 years old (as of 2010),$^{:103}$ although a plaque next to the tree says that it was planted as a sapling by Len Harding in 1959. |
| The South Woodford Copper Beech | St Mary's Church, South Woodford 51°35′53″N 0°01′14″E﻿ / ﻿51.598157°N 0.020455°E﻿ / 51.598157; 0.020455 | Redbridge | Copper beech | |
| The George Green Sweet Chestnut | George Green, Wanstead 51°34′29″N 0°01′41″E﻿ / ﻿51.574819°N 0.028049°E﻿ / 51.574819; 0.028049 | Redbridge | Sweet chestnut | Probably planted in the early 1700s.$^{:112}$ |
| The Fairlop Oak | Fulwell Cross roundabout, Ilford 51°35′37″N 0°05′07″E﻿ / ﻿51.593694°N 0.085271°E﻿ / 51.593694; 0.085271 | Redbridge | Pedunculate oak | Planted in 1951 in remembrance of its historical predecessor, which lived for around 500 years until 1820, in nearby Hainault Forest.$^{:120}$ |
| The Bromley Oak | Outside the Glades shopping centre, Bromley 51°24′12″N 0°01′07″E﻿ / ﻿51.403414°N 0.018598°E﻿ / 51.403414; 0.018598 | Bromley | Pedunculate oak | About 400 years old (as of 2010).$^{:196}$ |
| The Downe Yew | St Mary's Church, Downe 51°20′09″N 0°03′16″E﻿ / ﻿51.335768°N 0.054415°E﻿ / 51.335768; 0.054415 | Bromley | Yew | |
| The Barn Elms Plane, 'Barney' | Barn Elms, Barnes 51°28′30″N 0°14′01″W﻿ / ﻿51.474994°N 0.233639°W﻿ / 51.474994; -0.233639 | Richmond upon Thames | London plane | London's oldest plane tree, planted around 1680. Visible from outside an enclosure.$^{:59}$ |
| The Friday Hill Plane | Friday Hill House, Chingford 51°37′25″N 0°00′24″E﻿ / ﻿51.623621°N 0.006695°E﻿ / 51.623621; 0.006695 | Waltham Forest | London Plane | Now on private grounds, but visible from above the boundary wall on Simmons Lane. The tree is probably dating from the building of the house (1839).$^{:104}$ |
| The Valence Park Oak | Valence Park, Becontree 51°33′29″N 0°08′06″E﻿ / ﻿51.558010°N 0.134955°E﻿ / 51.558010; 0.134955 | Barking & Dagenham | Holm oak | As of October 2022, the pond enclosure is closed to the public for health and safety reasons, but the tree can be visited up close from Valence House grounds. |
| The West Wickham Oak | Southcroft Avenue, West Wickham 51°22′22″N 0°00′53″W﻿ / ﻿51.372793°N 0.014598°W﻿ / 51.372793; -0.014598 | Bromley | Pedunculate oak | The tree is in a private garden, but largely visible from surrounding public spaces. It is around 800 years old (as of 2010).$^{:202}$ |
| The Addington Palace Cedar | Addington Palace 51°21′26″N 0°02′25″W﻿ / ﻿51.357289°N 0.040391°W﻿ / 51.357289; -0.040391 | Croydon | Cedar of Lebanon | Access by arrangement. Planted in the 1770s.$^{:206}$ |
| The Kenley House Oak | Kenley 51°18′50″N 0°05′40″W﻿ / ﻿51.314023°N 0.094367°W﻿ / 51.314023; -0.094367 (approximate) | Croydon | Pedunculate oak | On private land, hidden from view.$^{:215}$ |
| The St James's Indian Bean Tree | St James' Church, Piccadilly 51°30′32″N 0°08′13″W﻿ / ﻿51.508750°N 0.137007°W﻿ / 51.508750; -0.137007 | Westminster | Indian bean tree | Tree removed in April 2010. Nativity figures have been carved from its wood, and are used by the church every Christmas. |
| The Charlton House Nettle Tree | Charlton House 51°28′50″N 0°02′14″E﻿ / ﻿51.480620°N 0.037140°E﻿ / 51.480620; 0.037140 (approximate) | Greenwich | Hackberry | Tree removed April 2002.$^{:215}$ |
| The York House Cut Leaf Beech | York House, Twickenham 51°26′48″N 0°19′22″W﻿ / ﻿51.446794°N 0.322711°W﻿ / 51.446794; -0.322711 | Richmond upon Thames | 'Asplenifolia' Beech | Tree removed winter 2020/21. |
| The Asgill House Copper Beech | Asgill House, Richmond 51°27′37″N 0°18′43″W﻿ / ﻿51.460246°N 0.311855°W﻿ / 51.460246; -0.311855 | Richmond upon Thames | Copper beech | Died winter 2013/14. |
| The Crane Park Crack Willow | Crane Park 51°26′34″N 0°21′30″W﻿ / ﻿51.442665°N 0.358306°W﻿ / 51.442665; -0.358306 | Hounslow | Crack willow | Fallen over$^{:215}$ circa 2010. |
| The Kingston Weeping Silver Lime | Thames river path, Kingston 51°24′00″N 0°18′32″W﻿ / ﻿51.400003°N 0.308936°W﻿ / 51.400003; -0.308936 | Kingston upon Thames | Silver lime 'Petiolaris' | Tree removed$^{:214}$ circa 2008. |
| The Barnsbury Beech | Barnsbury Park, Barnsbury 51°32′34″N 0°06′36″W﻿ / ﻿51.542847°N 0.110069°W﻿ / 51.542847; -0.110069 | Islington | Beech | Replaced 2005.$^{:214}$ |
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### 20 added in 2008

| Name | Location | Borough | Species | Notes |
| The Hendon Japanese Maple | Hendon Park, near the tennis courts 51°34′56″N 0°13′24″W﻿ / ﻿51.582229°N 0.223459°W﻿ / 51.582229; -0.223459 | Barnet | Japanese maple, Acer palmatum 'Heptalobum'$^{:134}$ | Planted in the early 1900s.$^{:134}$ |
| The Brunswick Plane | Brunswick Square Gardens 51°31′27″N 0°07′19″W﻿ / ﻿51.524226°N 0.121852°W﻿ / 51.524226; -0.121852 | Camden | London plane | |
| The Cheapside Plane | Cheapside, City of London 51°30′52″N 0°05′41″W﻿ / ﻿51.514431°N 0.094798°W﻿ / 51.514431; -0.094798 | City of London | London plane | At over 250 years of age, "possibly the oldest tree in The Square Mile".$^{:37}$ |
| The Forty Hall Cedar of Lebanon | Forty Hall, Enfield 51°40′10″N 0°04′04″W﻿ / ﻿51.669391°N 0.067687°W﻿ / 51.669391; -0.067687 | Enfield | Cedar of Lebanon | Planted around the turn of the 18th century.$^{:141}$ Severely damaged 11th August 2024. |
| The Ravenscourt Plane | Ravenscourt Park 51°29′48″N 0°14′19″W﻿ / ﻿51.496698°N 0.238686°W﻿ / 51.496698; -0.238686 | Hammersmith and Fulham | London plane | An example of the ‘Baobab’ cultivar of London plane |
| The Osterley Park Cork Oak | Osterley Park 51°29′19″N 0°21′05″W﻿ / ﻿51.488575°N 0.351411°W﻿ / 51.488575; -0.351411, | Hounslow | Cork oak | Planted 1855.$^{:90}$ |
| The Amwell Fig | Amwell Street, Pentonville 51°31′42″N 0°06′36″W﻿ / ﻿51.528204°N 0.110047°W﻿ / 51.528204; -0.110047 | Islington | Fig | This "tree" is actually three trees,$^{:126}$ likely in place since 1827. |
| The Brockwell Oak | Brockwell Park 51°26′53″N 0°06′22″W﻿ / ﻿51.448108°N 0.106166°W﻿ / 51.448108; -0.106166 | Lambeth | Pedunculate oak | Between 500 and 700 years old (as of 2010).$^{:155}$ |
| The Tate Plane | Outside Tate Library, Brixton 51°27′40″N 0°06′55″W﻿ / ﻿51.461049°N 0.115331°W﻿ / 51.461049; -0.115331 | Lambeth | London plane | |
| The Stratford Fig | Off High Street, Stratford 51°32′04″N 0°00′29″W﻿ / ﻿51.534361°N 0.008000°W﻿ / 51.534361; -0.008000 | Newham | Fig | |
| The Valentines Park Maple | Valentines Park, Ilford 51°34′17″N 0°04′22″E﻿ / ﻿51.571527°N 0.072690°E﻿ / 51.571527; 0.072690 | Redbridge | Field maple | Planted in the 17th century.$^{:116}$ |
| The Richmond Royal Oak | Richmond Park 51°26′41″N 0°17′01″W﻿ / ﻿51.444646°N 0.283504°W﻿ / 51.444646; -0.283504 | Richmond upon Thames | Pedunculate oak | Around 750 years old (as of 2020). |
| The Carshalton Sweet Chestnut | Carshalton Park, Carshalton 51°21′38″N 0°09′47″W﻿ / ﻿51.360458°N 0.163164°W﻿ / 51.360458; -0.163164 | Sutton | Sweet chestnut | Around 400 years old (as of 2010). Survived a number of arson attacks, which account for the wooden door blocking the hollow at the bottom of the tree.$^{:188}$ |
| The Marylebone Elm | By the Garden of Rest, Marylebone High Street 51°31′19″N 0°09′06″W﻿ / ﻿51.521886°N 0.151724°W﻿ / 51.521886; -0.151724 | Westminster | Huntingdon elm | Age estimated to be 150 years (as of 2010), over 100 feet (30 meters) high.$^{:34}$ |
| The Embankment Plane | North side of Horse Guards Avenue, at the junction with Victoria Embankment, SW1 51°30′17″N 0°07′24″W﻿ / ﻿51.504796°N 0.123285°W﻿ / 51.504796; -0.123285 | Westminster | Oriental plane | Planted in 1870. |
| The Berkeley Plane | Berkeley Square 51°30′34″N 0°08′43″W﻿ / ﻿51.509465°N 0.145276°W﻿ / 51.509465; -0.145276 | Westminster | London plane | Planted in 1789.$^{:12}$ |
| The Gower Plane | Gower Street 51°31′21″N 0°07′57″W﻿ / ﻿51.522446°N 0.132461°W﻿ / 51.522446; -0.132461 | Camden | London plane | |
| The Regent's Plane | Regent's Park, in the grounds of Regent's University London 51°31′32″N 0°09′23″W﻿ / ﻿51.525673°N 0.156342°W﻿ / 51.525673; -0.156342 | Camden | London plane | Access by arrangement. Around 200 years old (as of 2010).$^{:38}$ |
| The Abbey Plane | Broad Sanctuary, Westminster Abbey 51°29′56″N 0°07′44″W﻿ / ﻿51.498972°N 0.128977°W﻿ / 51.498972; -0.128977 | Westminster | London plane | Accessible from 8am to 5pm. |
| The Hardy Ash | Old St Pancras Churchyard 51°32′07″N 0°07′47″W﻿ / ﻿51.535142°N 0.129713°W﻿ / 51.535142; -0.129713 | Camden | Ash | At just over 250 years of age,$^{:42}$ the tree fell in December 2022. This is believed to have been due to fungal damage. |
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