Northumberland tree as tall as ten double-deckers
A 140 year old Scots pine growing at the National Trust's Cragside in Northumberland has been officially declared the tallest in the UK.
Northumberland tree is officially tallest in the UK
A 140 year old Scots pine growing at the National Trust's Cragside in Northumberland has been officially declared the tallest in the UK.
At forty metres tall it's the same height as 10 double-decker buses stacked one on top of the other - It was one of seven million trees and shrubs planted in the second half of the 19th century at the estate
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