Map

5 m round

about 3 people holding hands round it

On record with the Ancient Tree Inventory. Nobody here has been yet.

Twelve Apostles

Sweet chestnut

An ancient tree, 5.0 m round the trunk

Next to a footpath or road rather than in open ground.

Take me thereI'm here, add it

Photograph it, say why it's worth seeing, and it goes on the map as a Cool Tree, found by you. Anybody can add to it after that.

Where it is

Show on the map

Binfield Heath, South Oxfordshire

The position comes from a survey, so expect to be within a few metres rather than standing at the trunk.

Is this the one?

What to check when you get there.

  • It should be a sweet chestnut.
  • It's 5 m round the trunk, about 3 people holding hands round it. That's the easiest check there is.
  • It's a maiden: one trunk, never cut back, so look for a single tall stem.
  • People round here may know it as Twelve Apostles, and there's sometimes a sign.
  • The position came from a surveyor, so it can be a few metres out. If two big trees are close together, the girth usually settles it.

What the survey recorded

Status
Ancient tree
Form
Maiden
Trunk
5.0 m round
Condition
Alive, Standing
Getting there
Next to a footpath or road
Where
Crowsley, Oxon

This record comes from the Ancient Tree Inventory. Data reproduced with the permission of The Woodland Trust. Where the data comes from.