Champion Trees

Cork Oak (Quercus suber) - Osborne House, Isle of WightA champion tree is the tallest or oldest or most massive example of its kind known in a given region. The most spreading tree or one with an impressively thick trunk could also be registered as a champion tree.

Champion trees hold a place of significance on the Tree Register of the British Isles (TROBI). Many of the recorded champion trees around Britain have important historical associations.

Some of Britain's most spectacular recorded champion trees can be browsed by members of the Tree Register on their website's champion trees section.

Champion Trees of Britain and IrelandAlternatively the book Champion Trees of Britain and Ireland is available from the Tree Register's online bookshop.