Britain's tallest trees

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’.

1.

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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2.

Genus name = Abies Species name = Grandis Ht/m = 63.5 Year = 2007 Location = Blair Castle, Blair Atholl, Perth and Kinross, Scotland

3.

Genus name = Pseudotsuga Species name = Menziesii Ht/m = 62.5 Year = 2002 Location = Lake Vyrnwy, Powys, Wales

4.

Genus name = Abies Species name = Grandis Ht/m = 62 Year = 2006 Location = Ardkinglas Woodland Garden, Argyll and Bute, Scotland

5.

Genus name = Pseudotsuga Species name = Menziesii Ht/m = 62 Year = 2002 Location = Dunans, Argyll and Bute, Scotland

6.

Genus name = Pseudotsuga Species name = Menziesii Ht/m = 61.5 Year = 1998 Location = Dunkeld, The Hermitage, Perth and Kinross, Scotland

7.

Genus name = Pseudotsuga Species name = Menziesii Ht/m = 61 Year = 2005 Location = Gwydyr Forest, Conwy, Wales

8.

Genus name = Abies Species name = Grandis Ht/m = 60.5 Year = 2007 Location = Leighton Hall, Welshpool, Powys, Wales

9.

Genus name = Pseudotsuga Species name = Menziesii Ht/m = 60 Year = 2002 Location = Benmore, Pucks Glen Walk, Argyll and Bute, Scotland

10.

Genus name = Pseudotsuga Species name = Menziesii Ht/m = 60 Year = 2006 Location = Dunster Woodlands, Somerset, England