The register itself calls this the tallest pedunculate oak in Valkenberg, which is a real claim rather than a guess, since somebody with the right instrument had to measure every registered oak in the park to say so. Quercus robur is the oak native to this part of Europe, the one an acorn falling in October will grow into if left alone, and Valkenberg has several registered specimens. This one has simply outgrown its neighbours, reaching well above the park's tree line near the J.F. Kennedylaan side of the grounds. The register bands its planting to 1880 to 1890, so it has had roughly a century and a half to win that height. No further age detail and no girth are recorded. Free, public park, open daily. Valkenberg is Breda's central city park, beside the castle grounds. There is no single dramatic month for an oak like this. It is worth finding for the same reason it was measured: to stand under the tallest one and see, by comparison, how much smaller the rest of the park's oaks actually are.
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Valkenberg park, near the J.F. Kennedylaan, Breda
The register's own tallest pedunculate oak in the park, standing above the surrounding tree line near the J.F. Kennedylaan.
Central Breda, beside Breda Castle; 10 minute walk from Breda railway station.
In fruit
September to October: acorns drop, and a good mast year buries the ground in them
The line is our estimate of how much there is to see, not a measurement. Typical for this species where this tree stands; exact weeks shift with the year.
Sources
Where the facts on this page come from. The story was written with AI from these sources, and readers who know the tree correct it.
- In the official register: Landelijk Register Monumentale Bomen (Bomenstichting), no. 1696366
- monumentalebomen.nl
- Landelijk Register Monumentale Bomen v2024 (LRMB), Bomenstichting, no. 1696366