Cycling Route in City of London, England, United Kingdom

Great Tree Ride

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17 km
Distance

53 m
Ascent

57 m
Descent

1:05 h
Duration

-- km/h
Avg. Speed

21 m
Max. Elevation

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About This Route

Southwrk Cyclists Healthy Ride

A ride to look at some trees. Boring. Maybe – but trees, we are realizing, are not just a taken-for-granted background. They matter. They soak up CO2 and are good for our health.

Nigel Jones

uploaded a year ago

Highlights Along The Route

Point of Interest

(Now cut down) Norfolk Island Pine Alas, this tree is no more. Checking in May 2023, block in scaffolding and the tree missing.Tucked behind Lyle house. Access path is narrow, take care. According to the Map, a house plant gone feral. And a sure sign of global warming.

Point of Interest

Chumleigh Gardens Not in the printed Map. According to the digital Tree Map there is a small cluster of very unusual trees in this ornamental "World Garden". Includes 2 Chilean Wine Palms and 2 Chinese Windmill Palms. In Burgess Park note the trunk diameters of the larger trees. This park was mostly created in the 1960s and early 1970s, so you are looking at approximately 50 year-old trees.

Point of Interest

Tulip Tree Enormous tree in a tiny park with several other fantastic trees, e.g. a huge Copper Beech. The park was made from the gardens of a Georgian Terrace built in 1790, so presumably these trees are at least 230 years old.

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