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List Of Great British TreesA list of great British trees was a list published by the Tree Council to spotlight trees in Great Britain in honor of the Queen's Golden Jubilee. England Western England South West Southern England London and the Home Counties Eastern England The Midlands Northern England Northern Ireland Scotland - Granny Pine, a 300-year-old Scots Pine at Glen Affric, Highlands
- Fortingall Yew, a yew at Perth and Kinross, Perthshire
- Parent Larch, a European Larch on the grounds of a Hilton hotel built by the Duke of Atholl in Dunkeld, Perth and Kinross
- A Douglas-fir, on the grounds of Scone Palace where David Douglas was born, in Perth and Kinross
- A Silver Fir, in Ardkinglas Woodland Garden, Argyll
- Capon Tree, an oak in what used to be the Jed Forest, Jedburgh, Borders
Wales - Ley's Whitebeam, one of only 16 Sorbus leyana (a type of whitebeam) growing wild anywhere, in Merthyr Tydfil, Monmouthshire
- Pontfadog Oak, with a girth of 12.9m, the largest Sessile oak in Wales, in Pontfadog, Wrexham
- Llangernyw Yew, the oldest tree in Wales (possibly 2,000-3,000 years old), a yew in the churchyard of St Digains, Llangernyw, Conwy
See also External link and source British trees
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