The Lodge Oak (detail), Frodesley, Shropshire

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The Lodge Oak (detail), Frodesley, Shropshire

Image: © Roger D Kidd Taken: 10 Dec 2007

The Parish Council website states: Just outside the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, by a bridleway near the Lodge and converted barns is the Lodge Oak, which may be over 700 years old. This veteran has a girth of 7.73metres, is hollow and is now 90% dead. A recent survey states that it remains as one of Shropshire’s greatest trees and a link to late medieval parkland landscapes. Note: the bridleway along this lane towards Hobsley Coppice is not open, and is the subject of a long running dispute. (See Parish Council minutes http://www.shropshire.gov.uk/committee.nsf/0/792DEB7CBE528D548025722500385832/$file/Minutes120906.pdf )

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Image Location

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Latitude
52.593842
Longitude
-2.713863