Victoria Park currently has the following notable trees, including Great Britain and Wales champions. Champion trees are exceptional for their height, trunk diameter, age or overall size. The trees are arranged here alphabetically by botanical name. The table can be sorted on either botanical name or common name by clicking on the Name or Common Name heading.
Name | Common Name | Origin | Status | Location | OS Grid | Tag | Place | Event | Waypoint | |
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Acer pseudoplatanus Purpureum Group | Purple sycamore | Garden origin | Glamorgan Champion 2013 | By south east gate | ST 15539 76704 | Victoria Park | 183 | |||
Aesculus hippocastanum 'Baumannii' | Baumann's horse chestnut | Albania and Greece | Wales Champion 2015 | Just south of the bandstand | ST 15505 76940 | Victoria Park | 216 | |||
Aesculus hippocastanum | Horse chestnut | Albania and Greece | Path junction north of Ranger's Office | ST 15450 76933 | Victoria Park | 403 | ||||
Aesculus x carnea 'Briotii' | Red horse chestnut | Garden origin | Immediately north of bandstand | ST 15523 76958 | Victoria Park | 451 | ||||
Carpinus betulus† | Hornbeam | Europe, Asia Minor | southern edge playing field | ST 15465 76986 | Victoria Park | 483 | ||||
Cedrus libani | Cedar of Lebanon | Asia Minor and Syria | North side of paddling pool | ST 15469 76862 | Victoria Park | 170 | ||||
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Alumii' | Scarab cypress | Wales Champion 2013 | West of the bandstand | ST 15447 76921 | Victoria Park | 149 | ||||
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Naberi' | Lawson's cypress 'Naberi' | Rare Wales Champion 2013 | South of the children's playground | ST 15472 76783 | Victoria Park | 169 | ||||
Crataegus chrysocarpa | Fireberry hawthorn | East North America | Rare Wales Champion 2013 | North east entrance | ST 15598 77020 | Victoria Park | 142 | |||
Euonymus grandiflorus | Spindle tree | Himalaya and West China | GB Champion 2013 | West of playground | ST 15430 76785 | Victoria Park | 134 | |||
Juglans nigra | Black walnut | East North America | Wales Champion 2013 | South west edge of playground | ST 15451 76796 | Victoria Park | 139 | |||
Liriodendron tulipifera | Tulip tree | East North America | East of the bandstand | ST 15530 76953 | Victoria Park | 166 | ||||
Malus hupehensis | Hupeh crab | China | West of the playground | ST 15424 76804 | Victoria Park | 440 | ||||
Pinus contorta var. latifolia | Lodgepole pine | West North America | Glamorgan Champion 2015 | Opposite the entrance to yard | ST 15540 77018 | Victoria Park | 147 | |||
Populus nigra 'Italica' | Lombardy poplar | Italy | Glamorgan Champion 2013 | Near north west entrance | ST 15347 77037 | Victoria Park | 144 | |||
Prunus 'Tai Haku' | Great white cherry | Garden origin | Glamorgan Champion 2015 | North of the paddling pool | ST 15476 76899 | Victoria Park | 181 | |||
Prunus 'Ukon' | Cherry 'Ukon' | Garden origin | Wales Champion 2015 | Near north west gate | ST 15374 77043 | Victoria Park | 182 | |||
Pterocarya fraxinifolia | Caucasian wingnut | Caucasus | Glamorgan Champion 2004 | West of the playground | ST 15408 76842 | Victoria Park | 145 | |||
Tilia americana | American lime | East North America | Glamorgan Champion 2013 | West railings north of Bernard Ave | ST 15383 76926 | Victoria Park | 150 | |||
Tilia tomentosa 'Petiolaris' | Weeping silver lime | Garden origin? | At the entrance to the yard | ST 15562 77029 | Victoria Park | 143 | ||||
X Cuprocyparis leylandii 'Haggerston Grey' | Haggerston Grey Leyland cypress | Garden origin | Southern edge, towards the west | ST 15474 76740 | Victoria Park | 165 |