"We've explored every option for moving the tree and while it isn't possible to lift it in one go, as the tree is multi-stemmed with a large crown, we have aimed to keep the trunk in as large sections as possible, to give us flexibility on what the tree becomes in futu...
The tree, which is one of the UK's most photographed, was made famous after it featured in the 1991 Kevin Costner film Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves. One man who proposed under it said he chose the place so he could revisit one day with his family....
Sycamore in the USA is Planatus Occidentalis, but in UK it is Acer Psuedoplanatus. Acer is the Maple Family and Planatus is the plane tree or sycamore family. Different species trees and the maple wood is MUCH harder, likely double in strenth, with a tighter grain pattern. A pendant ...
Anger as 60ft Tree Faces Axe; SYCAMORE SET TO BE CUT DOWN FOR COMMUNITY CENTRERESIDENTS are in uproar about plans to axe a mature sycamore to make way for a community centre.Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
…..A 16-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with the felling of one of the UK’s most celebrated trees. The landmark at Sycamore Gap, beside Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland, was cut down overnight. Northumberland National Park Authority officials believe the tree, known as Robin...
Byline: by JOHN SIDDLE & TINA MILESLiverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)
Hadrian's Wall was damaged when the world-famous Sycamore Gap tree was felled in Northumberland last week, investigators have said. The tree, believed to be about 300 years old, was cut down overnight between Wednesday and Thursday last week, in what detectives have called a "deliberate act ...
Alongside a Hollywood film appearance, the much-loved sycamore was also voted English Tree of the Year in 2016 in the Woodland Trust's awards. Mr Poad said: "We've been amazed and inspired by the offers of help and good wishes we've received from here in Northumberland, arou...