St Lawrence Lime

St Lawrence Lime
The St Lawrence Lime in 2003
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SpeciesLime tree
LocationSt Lawrence Ground, Canterbury, Kent, England
Height27 metres
Date felled8 January 2005 (2005-01-08)

The St Lawrence Lime Tree was a 27-metre-high lime tree (90 ft)[1] at the St Lawrence Ground in Canterbury, Kent, England. It was located within the boundary ropes of the cricket field which required special rules. In 2005, it was broken in two during high winds.

  1. ^ Sapsted, David (11 January 2005). "Cricket's famous lime tree stumped after 200 years". Telegraph. Retrieved 10 March 2014.