The churchyard, Mitcham parish church, in winter - with conker tree
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The churchyard, Mitcham parish church, in winter - with conker tree
Image: © Stefan Czapski Taken: 2 Dec 2012
Looking eastwards from near the north-west corner of this vast churchyard, as the light faded on a December afternoon. The tree in the foreground is a horse-chestnut, Aesculus hippocastanum. This one looks reasonably healthy, but it has to be said that conker trees in the London area are seriously blighted. The species is not native, and so is less intimately woven into the ecological fabric than our native ash - but here in the London area its loss is going to be far more noticeable. For more on the factors involved in the demise of the horse-chestnut, see Image
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Image Location
Latitude
51.403735
Longitude
-0.17472