One thing we do know is the shocking fact that this tree, like so many other ancient and veteran trees, was legally unprotected. The London Borough of Enfield decided not to put a Tree ...

Council workers discovered the tree, which has a girth of 6.1 metres, surrounded by its severed branches and trunk in Whitewebbs Park in north London last week. It is thought to have been ... Police ...

It comes after reports were made to Enfield Council on April 3 of “criminal damage,” after an ancient oak tree in Whitewebbs Wood was found to have been felled. Lawrence-Thor Stephen, of the ...

The tree, referred to as the ‘Guy Fawkes Oak’ due to its proximity to the Whitewebbs House where the Gunpowder Plot was planned, is thought to be in the top 100 of London's 600,000 oak trees in terms ...

Lawrence-Thor Stephen, of the London-based tree care company Thor’s Trees, condemned the cutting down of this “irreplaceable” and “nationally significant” Pedunculate oak tree.

The hacking back of the Sycamore Gap Tree was one such incident and it looks like the felling of the Whitewebbs Oak may be another. This huge oak — over six metres in diameter — was severely cut back ...

Police are investigating the felling of a centuries-old oak tree that has “more ecological value than the Sycamore Gap” amid outrage from local residents and conservationists. Reports were made to ...