A stunning Christmas tree from the ‘land of the giants’ has been chosen to grace one of the world’s most famous landmarks. Forestry England has despatched a magnificent British grown 42 foot Sitka spruce from 63,000 hectare(155,000 acre) Kielder Forest, Northumberland, to stand proud at the foot of Big Ben in London. Source: Timberbiz
It is set to be in adorned with Christmas lights, which will be switched on to raise a festival cheer across Westminster and the capital.
Kielder is England’s biggest forest and one of the very few places in the UK that can supply such tall festive trees.
Additionally, a 25 footer has been despatched to stand in the medieval Westminster Hall and another smaller tree supplied for the Speaker’s House.
This year more than 90 other outsized specimens, some up to 55 foot tall, will also take up position at prime locations across the UK. To ensure sustainability, seedlings from previously selected trees have been planted in the vast woodland, and some may even be destined to stand beneath Big Ben in the 2050s.
