Roydon - Ducketts Mead (Essex)

A helpful resident informed us that these two Giant Redwood trees were once part of the estate to the house that he believed was called Ducketts Lodge. The building has since been demolished and a new housing estate built some time around 1969. One is in front of a block of flats, this tree was hit by lightning some time around 1998 but seems to have made a good recovery. The other tree is within a parcel of land around a section of the River Stort that the residents rather shrewdly purchased from the developer.

Common Names and Latin Name	No.	Latitude and Longitude		OS National Grid	Elevation (above sea-level)	Height	Girth	Date Measured
		WGS84	OSGB36
Giant Redwood, Wellingtonia Sequoiadendron giganteum	1	N51.77414 E0.03968	N51.77366 E0.04132	TL 40823 10353	125ft (38.1m)	23m	4.85m	August 2006
	2	N51.77460 E0.03977	N51.77412 E0.04141	TL 40827 10404	145ft (44.2m)	21.4m	3.5m	August 2006
Girth was measured at 1.5 metres from ground