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Bowthorpe Oak in Manthorpe near Bourne in Lincolnshire, is an ancient pedunculate oak. The tree has a circumference of about 44 feet (13 metres) and has a hollow trunk, making it the second-widest individual tree in the UK, only surpassed by the significantly older and much less-intact Marton Oak in Cheshire.
The tree can be found on Bowthorpe Park Farm. ‘Bowthorpe’ is the name of a mediaeval village The farm offers pre-booked private tours of the tree and farm. The hollow interior of the trunk has apparently been used as a dining room for 20 people in the past. You can visit the farm by appointment and perhaps include it on a round trip to Willow Tree Fen, also near Bourne, where increasing numbers of Cranes and other wetland birds are making their home.
Published by charles at March 25, 2025, 16:50 pm