There is one giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) near the border of the Hebden Wood in Sawley (county of North Yorkshire).
The tree is growing in a grove in a deep ravine and very difficult to get a straight line angle in to measure with a clinometer or laser I would highly suspect. I have attempted a measurement from photographs but even then I could not get far enough back on a level surface to account for for-shortening in the photograph. I am 6 feet 3 inches in my shoes and from this I estimate the tree (I am standing in front of it in photo) to be c 50.3 metres to 51.82 m, 165 feet to 170 feet although that cannot be taken to be completely accurate. It would have to be climbed to ascertain that I would suspect. As seed and young plants of giant sequoia were imported for the first time to the UK in 1854 this tree can be planted not earlier than that year. It could be somewhat later also; perhaps there is some information about the planting history of this grove.[Top of page] [Top of page]
The tree is growing in a grove in a deep ravine and very difficult to get a straight line angle in to measure with a clinometer or laser I would highly suspect. I have attempted a measurement from photographs but even then I could not get far enough back on a level surface to account for for-shortening in the photograph. I am 6 feet 3 inches in my shoes and from this I estimate the tree (I am standing in front of it in photo) to be c 50.3 metres to 51.82 m, 165 feet to 170 feet although that cannot be taken to be completely accurate. It would have to be climbed to ascertain that I would suspect. As seed and young plants of giant sequoia were imported for the first time to the UK in 1854 this tree can be planted not earlier than that year. It could be somewhat later also; perhaps there is some information about the planting history of this grove.
The girth of this tree is not known. This tree was planted in 1854, which makes it exactly 158 years old (Jeroen Philippona, Feb 22, 2012).
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