Ankerwycke Yew

The Ankerwycke Yew is an ancient yew tree close to the ruins of St Mary's Priory, the site of a Benedictine nunnery built in the 12th century, near Wraysbury in Berkshire, England.

Photo: Rcalhoun, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ankerwycke Priory and Runnymede.

Ankerwycke Priory

Photo: Andrew Gray, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Ankerwycke Priory was a priory of Benedictine nuns in the historic county of Buckinghamshire, England. The Grade II listed ruins are now located in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, in Berkshire.

Runnymede

Park

Photo: Wyrdlight, CC BY 3.0.

Runnymede is a water-meadow alongside the River Thames in the English county of Surrey, bordering Berkshire and just over 20 miles west of central London.

Magna Carta Island

Island

Photo: Marathon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Magna Carta Island is an ait in the River Thames in England, on the reach above Bell Weir Lock. It is in Berkshire facing water-meadows forming Runnymede.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hythe End and Wraysbury.

Hythe End

Village

Photo: Robin Webster, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Wraysbury is a village and civil parish in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in England. It is under the western approach path of London Heathrow Airport.

Wraysbury

Village

Photo: N Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Wraysbury is a village and civil parish in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in England. It is under the western approach path of London Heathrow Airport.

Egham is a town in the Borough of Runnymede in Surrey, England, approximately 19 miles west of central London. First settled in the Bronze Age, the town was under the control of Chertsey Abbey for much of the Middle Ages.

Ankerwycke Yew

Type: Tourist attraction
Description: ancient tree
Categories: remarkable tree and tourism
Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.44466° or 51° 26′ 41″ north

Longitude

-0.55653° or 0° 33′ 24″ west

Open location code

9C3XCCVV+V9

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1725620097

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=tree

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=attraction

Wikidata ID

Q4766037

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Runnymede Pleasure Ground and Magna Carta Monument.

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