Hornbeam, Quarry Park, Shrewsbury
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Hornbeam, Quarry Park, Shrewsbury
Image: © Stephen Richards Taken: 12 May 2014
A splendid specimen which had survived for more than a hundred years, but has since failed to survive the onslaught of the health and safety brigade. The council felled it in 2016.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.708795
Longitude
-2.761623