It might be the oldest tree in Britain. A yew tree that sprawls over a churchyard in Wales is more than 5,000 years old, according to experts. While it's not exceptionally tall, the tree has a wide ...

A 500-year-old yew tree rooted in a ruined monastery has been named Woodland Trust Tree Of The Year. The Waverley Abbey yew, near Farnham in Surrey, took 16% of the vote to win the contest, which has ...

The felling of a 500-year-old ancient oak in north London has led to an outpouring of anger, echoing the reaction when the Sycamore Gap tree is alleged to have been chopped down in September 2023.

Yew has been a symbol of endurance for centuries a tree that thrives for thousands of years, outliving the civilizations that ...

Walk into the woods behind Cardiff's Llandaff Cathedral and a stone bridge will take you into an overgrown graveyard ...

Until the advent of firearms, the English longbow was the most formidable weapon of Medieval times. It was made of yew wood, a very ancient species of evergreen conifer so long-lived, some specimens ...

The yew tree in the Fortingall Churchyard in Perthshire, Scotland, was there long before there was a church, or even the practice of Christianity. The yew is believed to be anywhere from 3,000 to ...

The 450-year-old oak tree, considered more ecologically significant than the Sycamore Gap tree, that was felled by the owners of a Toby Carvery - Woodland Trust On its website alongside its menu, Toby ...

At a time of year when we often decorate with holly, mistletoe, pine, fir and spruce, it’s easy to overlook some of our most common evergreens: yews. In many Chicago-area neighborhoods and suburbs, ...

An ash tree on a busy Glasgow road has been crowned Tree of the Year 2025 after being nominated by the public as a wildcard ...