7.2 m round
about 5 people holding hands round it
On record with the Ancient Tree Inventory. Nobody here has been yet.
King of the Forest
Pedunculate oak
An ancient tree, 7.2 m round the trunk
Take me thereI'm here, add itPhotograph 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 mapEllingham, Harbridge and Ibsley, New Forest
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 pedunculate oak.
- It's 7.2 m round the trunk, about 5 people holding hands round it. That's the easiest check there is.
- It's a pollard: cut back at about head height long ago, so look for a thick trunk ending in a knuckle, with branches all growing out of that one level.
- It's recorded as dead, so expect bare wood and no leaves.
- People round here may know it as King of the Forest, 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
- Pollard
- Trunk
- 7.2 m round
- Condition
- Dead, Standing
- Getting there
- Open access
- Where
- Ringwood, Hants
This record comes from the Ancient Tree Inventory. Data reproduced with the permission of The Woodland Trust. Where the data comes from.