TOP TREES
CALVERTON (Lower
Weald)
·
Cedar
of Lebanon (5.7m) All Saints Churchyard
·
Sycamore
(4.75m) All Saints Churchyard
·
Ash
(6m) Footpath by brook in field east of church
·
Beech
(4.55m) Footpath to rear of
ALSO see Passenham for pollarded Crack
Willow (4.5m) Footpath to Stony Stratford; see Puxley
for Steeple Oak (3.65m) at reservoir entrance, Oak (5.35m) opposite Hangar
Lodge, and King’s Standing Oak (5m - dead) Shrob
Lane; see Thornton for Cranley Oak (dead) north of
A421/Thornton turn-off on Bucks/Northants boundary; see Wicken
Wood for commercial deciduous usage
STONY
·
Elm (Wesley’s
Tree) (7.6m)
·
Cedar
of Lebanon (3.97m)
·
Horse
Chestnut (4.95m) North of
·
Field
Maple (2.93m) As above
·
Horse
Chestnut (4.31m) St Mary Magdalene churchyard
ALSO see above
for Millfield Black Poplar community planting scheme; see Potterspury
for Oak (4.75m) A5 junction to Yardley Gobion, and Queen’s
Oak (dead) Footpath by brook north of Queen’s Oak Farm; see Whittlewood
Forest (much private)
OLD WOLVERTON
·
Lime
(4.55m) North-west corner of balancing lake field
·
Cedar
of Lebanon (5.95m) Wolverton House pub grounds
·
Oak
(4.65m) As above
·
Lime
(4.7m) Field to east of above
·
Black
Walnut (3.45m) Holy Trinity churchyard
·
Oak
(4.55m) Drive to Manor Farm
·
Crab
Apple (2.35m) To east of above drive on medieval village site
ALSO see
GREAT LINFORD
·
Scots
Pine (2.3m) St Andrew’s churchyard
·
Lime
(6.05m)
ALSO see Parsons
Spinney for Grey Poplar plantation off
LITTLE LINFORD/HAVERSHAM
·
London
Plane (4.4m) East verge of Little Linford Lane, north
of Ouse bridges
·
Crack
·
Hornbeam
(2.6m) St Mary’s churchyard
·
Giant
Sequoia (4.7m) Church car park
ALSO see Little
Linford Wood (BBO Wildlife Trust) for coppiced Ash (9m) on southern edge, and
semi-ancient woodland
HANSLOPE
·
Oak
(Cook’s Oak) (5.1m) Footpath on bend of
·
Ash
(5.85m) Footpath in field to south of
·
Giant
Sequoia (4.9m) As above
·
Oak
(4.9m) As above
·
Oak
(4.6m) Roadside adjacent to above
ALSO see Castlethorpe for Sycamore (4.25m) Castle grounds,
and Horse Chestnut (4.05m) Mill Leys Farm bridleway; see
GAYHURST/TYRINGHAM
·
Common
Walnut (6.2m) Entrance to
·
Ash
(5.8m) As above
·
Black
Walnut (3.3m) As above
·
London
Plane (5.05m) Tyringham Gatehouse drive
ALSO see Gayhurst Wood for wood plots for sale
WESTON UNDERWOOD/RAVENSTONE
·
Beech
(4.25m) St Lawrence churchyard (WU)
·
Horse
Chestnut (5m) west verge of
·
Oak
(5m) Footpath by stream north of disused railway, south of Kilwick
Wood
·
Horse
Chestnut (5.05m) All Saints churchyard (R)
ALSO see Cowper’s
Oak (dead) near Biggin Lodge north of Kilwick Wood; see Yardley Chase (much private)
OLNEY
·
Giant
Sequoia (4.3m) Spring Lane opposite
ALSO see Clifton Reynes for Horse Chestnut (4.1m) Field to west of St Mary
the Virgin church, and Common Walnut (3.05m) Front garden on Church Lane; see Emberton for Ash (5.35m) Westpits,
off Church Lane; see Newton Wood, Newton Blossomville
for Octopus Oak (4.4m)
·
Lombardy
Poplar (4.4m) Ouse riverbank park east of
·
Grey
Poplar (4m) Footpath off
·
Crack
·
Giant
Sequoia (4.55m) Lovat Hall public garden off
·
Horse
Chestnut (5.05m)
·
·
White
ALSO see North
Crawley for Elm (3.8m) Footpath north of Gumbrills
Farm, and Yew (3m) St Firmin’s churchyard; see Chicheley for Oak (5.2m) Northern verge of A422; see Astwood for Yew (3.7m) St Peter’s churchyard
DOWNHEAD
PARK/BROUGHTON/MIDDLETON/WILLEN
·
Oak
(5.15m) By paddock
·
Horse
Chestnut (4.85m) End of
·
Horse
Chestnut (3.95m) All Saints’ churchyard, MK Village
·
Oak
(4.25m) Great Linch at junction of V11/H7, Middleton
·
Ash
(4.85m)
ALSO see Tree
Cathedral at Newlands near
·
Oak
(4.55m) Floodplain footpath opposite
·
Black
Poplar (5.45m) Redway near oxbow lake west of OU
campus
·
Black
Poplar (3.95m) Riverbank footpath west of OU campus
ALSO see Woughton-on-the-Green for Field Maple (2.35m) Footpath east
of canal bridge no. 90; see Walton Hall OU campus for Cedar of Lebanon (6.75m –
died 2008) adjacent to Hall; Black Mulberry (2.1m) adjacent to Refectory; and
Oak (4.5m) adjacent to Science Block; see Mount Farm Lake for early MKDC tree
(mainly willow/poplar) landscaping
WAVENDON/WAVENDON
GATE
·
Lime
(4.2m) St Mary’s churchyard
·
Oak
(4.55m)
ALSO see
(semi-private)
BRICKHILL WOODS/WOBURN
SANDS
·
Beech
(4.8m) Footpath north of Bow Brickhill church
·
Sweet
Chestnut (3.25m) Sunken way junction on northern escarpment
·
Scots
Pine (2.8m) Northern verge of road west of
·
Giant
Sequoia (5.75m) By footpath in Back Wood
·
Oak (4.95m)
Edgewick Farm Open Space
·
Giant
Sequoia (4.95m) Mowbray Green
ALSO see above
for commercial coniferous usage; see
BLETCHLEY
·
Oak
(3.5m)
·
Giant
Sequoia (4.55m)
·
Lime
(4.3m) As above
·
Beech
(4m) As above
·
Ash
(3.75m)
ALSO see College
Wood (Woodland Trust) for ancient oak (4.4m) and remnant of Whaddon
Chase; see Winslow for Cappadocian Maple (4.25m) End
of Station Road, and nearby remnants of
TATTENHOE/WESTCROFT
·
Oak
(4.4m) Footpath by brook at Snelshall East end of
·
Oak (5.15m)
Footpath entering Howe Park Wood opposite Stolford
Rise
·
Oak
(4.9m) Stourhead Gate off H7 opposite
·
Oak
(3.95m) South-east edge of Water Spinney
·
Oak
(4.45m)
ALSO see Howe
Park Wood (MK Parks Trust) for Crab Apple (1.5m) Footpath into wood off
SHENLEY CHURCH
END
·
Oak
(3.95m) Dudley Hill/St Mary’s Church car park
·
Oak
(4.25m)
·
Hawthorn
(Glastonbury Thorn) (1m) Pigott Drive near
ALSO see Loughton
for Oak (4.05m) Linceslade Grove opposite Bignell Croft; see Hazeley Wood
(MK Parks Trust) for new plantation of Silver Birch, Oak and Hornbeam; see Beachampton for Oak (5m) Ouse Valley Way/road junction near
MK boundary, and Oak (4.85m) footpath north-east of above
Mel Jones
December 2008