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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Emily Beament

Tree cathedral planted as war memorial restored after ash dieback devastation

Whipsnade Tree Cathedral is a war memorial in Bedfordshire (National Trust/Lisa Hopkin/PA) -

The “cloisters” of a tree cathedral planted as a memorial following the First World War have been restored after being devasted by ash dieback, the National Trust said.

Whipsnade Tree Cathedral in Bedfordshire was planted by Edmund Blyth as a living memorial for lost comrades and friends, and is planted in the shape of a traditional cathedral with an array of trees, shrubs and plants forming the nave, chancel, transepts, cloisters and side chapels.

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