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Apparently Britain's tallest tree is a Douglas fir standing at 66.4 metres (217 feet) tall. It grows in Reelig Glen, a forest near Inverness in Scotland.
From our Google friends: Britain's tallest recorded London plane tree stands at approximately 49.67 meters (about 163 feet) tall and is located in the woods near Bryanston School in Blandford Forum, Dorset. (Note: While an iconic historic specimen in Festival Walk, Carshalton locally held a long-standing historical claim at 37.5...
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Should we protect this system? Or would you rather it remained empty most of the time?
Came across this copy of a newspaper article