Dulwich has exactly one Great Tree of London, and it is not a native oak. It is a Turkey oak, a southern European species, and it was among the original 41 trees chosen for the Great Trees list. The Dulwich Society, writing about the area's notable trees in 2020, called it perhaps the finest Turkey oak in Dulwich. The species has been planted in Britain since the early 18th century. That date belongs to the species, not to this tree. Nobody has published when this one went in, how tall it is or how far round, and this page will not guess. If you know, or have measured it, tell us. What it has instead is a plaque, set beside it to mark it as a Great Tree, and that is the most useful thing a visitor can know. Look for the broad, low crown near the south carriageway, the park's road on the south side, and then for the plaque at its foot. The pin comes from the Great Trees map and lands close to where a photographer stood to take its picture in 2017, so it puts you within a few metres rather than on the trunk. Dulwich Park is free and open daily, about fifteen minutes on foot from North Dulwich or West Dulwich station.
south side of the south carriageway, Dulwich Park, London SE21 You can recognise it by the plaque beside it naming it a Great Tree of London, the only one in Dulwich. It stands on the south side of the south carriageway in Dulwich Park, under a broad, low crown.
Free; Dulwich Park is a public park (Southwark), open daily
North Dulwich or West Dulwich station about 15 minutes' walk; several buses to the park gates
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