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Boxley - North Downs Way

Tree ID: 2320

Yews recorded: Ancient 5m-7m

Tree girth: 533cm

Girth height: No data

Tree sex: male

Date of visit: 22-Oct-06

Source of earliest mention: 1980: Local farmer

Notes:

The largest yew I have seen in this area of the North Downs. Its presence was known to English Nature, discovered apparently in the 1980s when a local farmer was creating an access route from the top of the Downs to a lower grazing area. They consider it to be 800 years old.