Are there any sequoia trees in the UK?

Giant Sequoias were introduced to Britain in 1860 and Elvaston Castle Country Park has 2 of the original specimens still going strong. Giant Sequoia in Elvaston Castle Country Park. Contributed by Dan Hartley of Derby in the UK. Eva Harakova was visiting University of Oxford with her daughter.



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The original Old Grove planted in 1857 by the rural innovator John Naylor contains some of the oldest coast redwoods in the UK. In 1931, the respected forester Charles Ackers bought the wood and planted the surrounding 1934 coast redwood plantation.

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Center Parcs Longleat Forest is home to the UK's tallest Giant Redwood tree. Officially confirmed by the Tree Register of the British Isles after being spotted by a tree-loving guest, the Giant Redwood measures up at 58m.

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General Sherman is a giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) tree located at an elevation of 2,109 m (6,919 ft) above sea level in the Giant Forest of Sequoia National Park in Tulare County, in the U.S. state of California. By volume, it is the largest known living single-stem tree on Earth.

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However, four of the tallest trees in the UK are in Scotland, and all actually are growing in the same glen. Reelig Glen, near Inverness, is home to the UK's tallest tree, a Douglas Fir at a height of 217ft (66.4m).

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You will see Giant Redwood and Coast Redwood trees of varying ages, but in the main they will be around a hundred to a hundred and sixty years old. Very young by their own standard, since they live for thousands of years, but they were only discovered and introduced to England in the 1850's.

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However, old-growth forests are sensitive and fragile ecosystems which are easily impacted by tree climbing, and climbing is not allowed in any California State Park, National Park, or other public land except where authorized by a scientific research or other special use permit.

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