Billericay - Lake Meadows (Essex)
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Billericay - Lake Meadows (Essex) |
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 Giant Redwood - May 2004 - Tree no. 1 |
 Giant Redwood - July 2006 - Tree no. 1 |
 Giant Redwood - May 2004 - Tree no. 2 |
 Dawn Redwood - May 2004 - Tree no. 3 |
| Thanks to Lauren of Essex who helped to demonstrate the comparison in size between a Giant Redwood and a 5-year-old! The tree, along with another Wellingtonia and two Dawn Redwood, is in a very pleasant park in Billericay called Lake Meadows. As can be seen from the first picture, despite its great height it looks as though the Giant Redwood has had a mild encounter with a lightning strike sometime before 2004 - leaving it healthy, if a little flat-topped! One of the Dawn Redwood sits in the midle of the Crazy Golf area. One of the noticable features of the Dawn Redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides) is the incredibly straight trunk, clearly visible in this fine specimen. You may also notice the classic neat cone shape that these lovely trees form. For difference between in the types of Redwoods see our Redwood Types page. There is a lake in the park (as the name suggests), a large children's playground and a tea-room - a pleasant spot to enjoy a cup of tea and a slice of cake, sitting outside on a warm day. |
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| Giant Redwood - March 2021 - Tree no. 1 - girth 5.61 metres (measured by Paul) | |
| Paul wrote with an update on these trees, "I have been surveying Yew Trees for several months for the Ancient Yew Tree Org, & now I can survey and search for new Redwoods for Redwood World." The girth measurements that Paul took for all four Redwoods are underneath his photographs. All were taken at 1.5 metres from ground on 15th March 2021. Thank you for the photographs and measurements Paul, Lake Meadows is a fairly local park to me so I really will have to go and measure the heights of these soon. If you do find any more Redwoods on your travels I would be pleased to add them to the website. |
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| Giant Redwood - March 2021 - Tree no. 2 - girth 6.56 metres (measured by Paul) | |
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| Dawn Redwood - March 2021 - Tree no. 3 - girth 2.17 metres (measured by Paul) | |
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| Dawn Redwood - March 2021 - Tree no. 4 - girth 1.55 metres (measured by Paul) Paul wrote, "This last Redwood in Billericay Lakemeadows park is located in 'The Child in the park garden'" |
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| Common Names and Latin Name | No. | Latitude and Longitude | OS National Grid | Elevation (above sea-level) |
Height | Girth | Date Measured | ||
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| Giant Redwood, Wellingtonia Sequoiadendron giganteum |
1 | N51.63440 E0.42124 |
N51.63390 E0.42291 |
TQ 67660 95619 | 252ft (76.8m) |
-- | 5.36m 4.88m |
Aug 2008 July 2006 |
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| 2 | N51.63455 E0.41995 |
N51.63405 E0.42163 |
TQ 67571 95633 | 242ft (73.8m) |
-- | 5.97m 5.8m |
Aug 2008 July 2006 |
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| Dawn Redwood Metasequoia glyptostroboides |
3 | N51.63363 E0.41901 |
N51.63386 E0.42068 |
TQ 67506 95610 | 248ft (75.6m) |
-- | 1.83m | July 2006 | |
| 4 | N51.63423 E0.41948 |
N51.63373 E0.42115 |
TQ 67539 95597 | 243ft (74m) |
-- | 0.6m 0.4m |
Aug 2008 July 2006 |
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| Girth was measured at 1.5 metres from ground | |||||||||