| Survey data | |
|---|---|
| Surveyed by: Jack Goodhew | Surveyed on: 16th November 2014 |
| Number of trees: 1 | |
| Girth: 4.8m (measured at 0.7m) | |
| Tree form: Unsure | |
| Dead or alive: Alive | |
| Standing/fallen: Upright | |
| Access: Public - open access (e.g. public park, churchyard, etc) | |
This tree's story
Larkey Valley Woods were donated to Canterbury City City council by Alderman Frank Hooker in 1932 so that the woodland ‘should be reserved for the public forever’. It is now a SSSI. There are a number of beech trees of heritage size still in the woods although the woods were heavily affected by the 1987 great storm (plenty of evidence of this in the woods still). This beech is just off the main footpath running from Chartham to Canterbury and has attracted some bark carvings from 1995 (when does vandalism become historically interesting?)
Growing on the tree
- A little ivy
Additional comments
The tree splits into six trunks just above ground level – measurement taken low therefore – the biggest trunk had a 185cm girth at 1.5m height. Three of the other trunks were of a similar size with two smaller ones.