Tree of the Year - Woodland Trust
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- Greenwich Park sweet chestnut, London
- Holm oak blitz tree, Exeter, Devon
- Cathedral foxglove tree, Lichfield, Staffordshire
- Lakeside holm oak, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
- Crouch Oak, Addlestone, Surrey
- Manchester poplar, Manchester
- Grantham Oak, Grantham, Lincolnshire
- Chelsea Road elm, Sheffield, South Yorkshire
- Plymouth pear, Plymouth, Devon
- Sweet chestnut, Wrexham
- Highland Gateway walnut, Perth
- Belvoir Oak, Belfast
- Library holm oak, Westbury, Wiltshire
TREES!
It’s the big beech tree in the woods behind my village. All year every year.
Just read Belvoir Oak has been disqualified after a failed drug test
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like I’m going to vote for an Exeter tree
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We’re hearing Jon Moss has issued an apology to the Library Holm Oak
Seen two of these in person, reckon one more and I could feature in a Richard Powers novel.
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not a looker in the bunch
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oh Belvoir Oak is only a couple of miles from me, i should go and visit it
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I smell a good Friday selfie
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The Good Friday Selfie Agreement
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My autocorrect working against me!
Belfast people pronounce Belvoir as ‘Beaver’
Dr Nick Rivieira voice:
“What a city!”
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I only learned this from the robot woman voice announcing it on the 6C bus
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I had to go to a building there for work many years ago and asked someone if Bel-voir was around.
“You’re not from round here are ya mate?”
Not that long since I learned Cregagh Road is pronounced Creggy
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Oh aye another classic of the genre 
Cultra people:
“It’s pronounced Cul-traaaaawwwwww”
Bangor people:
“Bang-gore”
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