Allerton Oak

Allerton Oak
The Allerton Oak in March 2009
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SpeciesIrish oak (Quercus petraea)
LocationCalderstones Park
Liverpool, England
Coordinates53°22′57″N 2°53′34″W / 53.3826°N 2.8928°W / 53.3826; -2.8928
Date seededCirca 1000 AD

The Allerton Oak is an Irish oak tree in Calderstones Park in Liverpool, England. It is thought to be around 1,000 years old and is described as the oldest oak in North West England.[1][2] It is reputed to have been the setting for a medieval hundred court and said to have been damaged in an 1864 gunpowder explosion. The tree won the 2019 English Tree of the Year competition and had been entered into the 2020 European Tree of the Year competition.

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