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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Jabed Ahmed

Toby Carvery owners admit felling beloved 500-year-old oak tree in London after local outrage

The tree is estimated to be up to 500 years old - (Woodland Trust)

A centuries-old oak tree that has “more ecological value than the Sycamore Gap” has been cut down by the owners of a nearby Toby Carvery.

Reports were made to Enfield Council in London earlier this month over the felling of an ancient oak tree in Whitewebbs Wood, a woodland in the north of the capital, with locals having decried the incident as “devastating”.

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