Ancient, veteran and notable trees in Kingston
In my spare time, I go to a list of important trees that I keep in my notebook, and upload their details (a short description, grid reference and a photograph) onto the website of the Woodland Trust. I find them walking around the borough, they are usually trees of more than '3 hugs'. The WT depends on volunteers to submit information about important trees but there is someone who will come and validate the record in the 'fullness of time'. Interestingly, someone has already uploaded veteran and notable trees in the south of the borough, although the largest willows that grew along the Hogsmill near the A240 were felled last year and would have had girths of >4 hugs (the remaining trees are 4.66 and 4.45m). There are ancient ash trees on Tolworth Court Farm Fields, altogether a different classification. Ancient trees are further defined by their age as being > 400 years and our nearest most splendid examples are found on Ashtead Common. Th...