There are half a million Giant Redwood trees in the UK.

There are more Giant Redwood Trees in Britain than there are in California.

My mum was telling me this the other day, she must have watched the same video.

Forestry England have a map of where they are.

https://www.forestryengland.uk/route-for-redwoods#text-160221

The nearest ones to me are between Mansfield and Lincoln.

They've got them in Cannock Chase!

Fangirl Three wrote:

My mum was telling me this the other day, she must have watched the same video.

I saw it in the news the other day, perhaps either the BBC or Sky News.

8 days ago.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-68518623

Ooh, there are some the other side of Braintree.

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:

They've got them in Cannock Chase!

"Planted year: 2014"

That means they'll pretty much be saplings, and we'll have to wait about 2,000 years for them reach full size.

I've managed to zoom in on the map but I can't zoom back out again - there's no minus tab!

I've had to take drastic action and use the - minus key on my keyboard.

There are some near Barnard Castle where I was the other day.

Near a stone circle!

Is that one?

"Planted year: unknown"

They've been doing mixed doubles in snooker for over 30 years!

Heather Mills once released a single.

The surname Spittle, of which I've known a few locally over the years, is derived from the word 'hospital'.

I've always presumed it was from a spittle of land.

I knew that.

Mostly because of Spital Hill in Sheffield.

Ooh look. You can see Sheffield's glamorous skyline from it.

Are you sure that’s Sheffield and not the view down Fifth Avenue from the bottom corner of the park?