Nellie's Tree | |
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Species | European beech (Fagus sylvatica) |
Location | Near Aberford, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
Coordinates | 53°49′09″N 1°21′26″W / 53.8193°N 1.3572°W |
Date seeded | Circa 1920 |
Nellie's Tree (also known as the Love Tree) near Aberford, West Yorkshire is a group of three beech trees that have been grafted together in the shape of a letter "N". This arrangement of the trees is a result of a local man trying to impress his girlfriend Nellie around 1920. It has since become locally famous and is the site of numerous marriage proposals. The trees won the 2018 English and British Tree of the Year awards and came ninth in the 2019 European Tree of the Year awards.