Britain's tallest trees
The top ten tallest trees in Britain: heights, species and location details


Below shows the current Top 10 tallest trees and the year they were last recorded. According to David Alderman of The Tree Register, who kindly supplied the information: 'There is a growing number of 59-60m trees which will be challenging for tallest tree over the next few years’.
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Genus name = Pseudotsuga (Known as "DUGHALL MOR") Species name = Menziesii Ht/m = 64 Year = 2005 Location = Reelig Glen Wood, Moniack, Highland, Scotland
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Genus name = Abies Species name = Grandis Ht/m = 63.5 Year = 2007 Location = Blair Castle, Blair Atholl, Perth and Kinross, Scotland
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Genus name = Pseudotsuga Species name = Menziesii Ht/m = 62.5 Year = 2002 Location = Lake Vyrnwy, Powys, Wales
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Genus name = Abies Species name = Grandis Ht/m = 62 Year = 2006 Location = Ardkinglas Woodland Garden, Argyll and Bute, Scotland
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Genus name = Pseudotsuga Species name = Menziesii Ht/m = 62 Year = 2002 Location = Dunans, Argyll and Bute, Scotland
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Genus name = Pseudotsuga Species name = Menziesii Ht/m = 61.5 Year = 1998 Location = Dunkeld, The Hermitage, Perth and Kinross, Scotland
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Genus name = Pseudotsuga Species name = Menziesii Ht/m = 61 Year = 2005 Location = Gwydyr Forest, Conwy, Wales
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Genus name = Abies Species name = Grandis Ht/m = 60.5 Year = 2007 Location = Leighton Hall, Welshpool, Powys, Wales
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Genus name = Pseudotsuga Species name = Menziesii Ht/m = 60 Year = 2002 Location = Benmore, Pucks Glen Walk, Argyll and Bute, Scotland
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Genus name = Pseudotsuga Species name = Menziesii Ht/m = 60 Year = 2006 Location = Dunster Woodlands, Somerset, England
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