Visiting the Great Trees of London One by One

Images from The Great Trees of London: Richmond Plane Tree

As a city, London is considered to be green and leafy, with lovely squares and parks filled with large and graceful trees. But the shocking truth is that there are only 56 great trees left in the larger area of London and only 10 in the central part.
A great tree is an old and statuesque one, exceptional for its height and size of trunk and age. And they are disappearing quickly. Time Out, along with Trees for Cities has put out a new little book that lists them all. An energetic and enlightening summer challenge would be to visit each one--on the Barclays Cycle Hire bicycles, as the new rental bike scheme is now being called...

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