Knightwood Oak - Bolderwood Ornamental Drive, Hampshire, UK - Exceptional Trees on Waymarking.com

Over 600 years old and with a girth of 7.5 metres the Knightwood Oak has been visited since Victorian times. It was pollarded when it was a young tree and has a distinctive shape because of this. Pollarding was made illegal in the New Forest in 1698 as it spoilt the shape of the tree when the wood was used for ship building. Nowadays we pollard trees again to harvest timber and keep the trees in check and good health and away from hungry deer!

There are some information boards around the tree's enclosure. The fence runs all the way around the tree for protection from us and animals. There are many creatures living in the tree today and it provides a valuable habitat. This oak is the largest in the New Forest and is known as the Queen of the trees.

There is a car park and good pathways to the oak tree which is only a few hundred metres from the car.

Genus/Species: English Oak Height: 90 Girth: 24 Method of obtaining height: Sighting along a 45 degree angle Method of obtaining girth: Reliable source Location type: Other public property Age: 600 Website reference: [Web Link] Walk time: 5 Historical significance: Not listed Planter: Not listed Parking coordinates: Not Listed Photograpy coordinates: Not Listed

Visit Instructions:
A closeup picture of your GPS receiver in your hand, with the tree in the background, is required. If the tree is on private property, this closeup photograph with the tree in the background may be taken from the nearest public vantage point without actually going to the tree.
The required photograph does not need to show the entire tree, but the individual tree must be recognizable.

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Date Logged Log User Rating   08/17/2019 fm1906 visited it