What makes a tree a champion?
A. There is a charity called the Tree Register, whose patron is HRH the Prince of Wales. Register officials measure and log data about the UK’s most notable trees every 10 years, or sooner if possible. A champion is either the tallest tree, or the tree with the widest girth, of its type, in the British Isles. Sometimes, as with some of Trewithen’s champions, a tree can be both tallest and broadest!
