Sycamore Gap tree

The Sycamore Gap tree, also known as the Robin Hood tree, was a 120-year-old sycamore tree next to near in , England.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: photogenic tree located in Northumberland, England, felled 28 September 2023
  • Also known as: “Robin Hood Tree”, “Sycamore Gap Stump”, and “Sycamore Gap Tree”
Photo: Clementp1986, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Milecastle 39 and Vindolanda.

Ruins
Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a milecastle on . is situated 400 feet west of Sycamore Gap tree.

Fort
Photo: Voice of Clam, Public domain.
was a Roman auxiliary fort just south of in northern England, which it pre-dated. Archaeological excavations of the site show it was under Roman occupation from roughly 85 AD to 370 AD. is situated 1 mile southeast of Sycamore Gap tree.

Photo: Andy Hay, CC BY 2.0.
is an inland lake at the southern edge of , 2.5 miles north of , and 0.5 miles north of the B6318 Military Road in , northern . is situated 1,900 feet northeast of Sycamore Gap tree.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Once Brewed and Haltwhistle.

Hamlet
Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in , England. It lies on the Military Road. A motorist arriving over the B6318 from the east will see the place name shield "Once Brewed", while those coming from the west will read "Twice Brewed".

Photo: Tony Hisgett, CC BY 2.0.
is a market town in , along the route between Newcastle and Carlisle, with a population of 4650 in 2021. It contrived to be named for a railway halt over 600 years before that railway arrived: Hautwysel means a hill between two forks of a river. is the main reason to visit, the Roman frontier defence built in 122 AD.

Locality
Photo: Les Hull, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of with Whitfield, in , England about a mile southeast of . In 1951 the parish had a population of 107. is situated 4 miles southwest of Sycamore Gap tree.

Sycamore Gap tree

Latitude
55.00357° or 55° 0′ 13″ north
Longitude
-2.3739° or 2° 22′ 26″ west
Open location code
9C7V2J3G+CC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2780045653
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­tree_stump
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q55885851
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Vietnamese—“Sycamore Gap tree” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “রবিন হুড গাছ”
  • Bengali: “সাইকামোর গ্যাপ ট্রি”
  • Catalan: “Arbre de Robin Hood”
  • Catalan: “Robin Hood Tree”
  • Catalan: “Sycamore Gap Tree”
  • Chinese: “羅賓漢樹”
  • Czech: “Robin Hood Tree”
  • Czech: “Strom Robina Hooda”
  • Czech: “Sycamore Gap Tree”
  • Danish: “Sycamore Gap Tree”
  • Dutch: “Robin Hood Tree”
  • Dutch: “Sycamore Gap Tree”
  • Esperanto: “Arbo de la Sikomora Fendo”
  • Finnish: “Sycamore Gap tree”
  • French: “Robin Hood Tree”
  • French: “Sycamore Gap Tree”
  • Galician: “Sycamore Gap Tree”
  • German: “Bergahorn am Hadrianswall”
  • German: “Robin Hood Baum”
  • German: “Robin-Hood-Baum”
  • German: “Sycamore Gap Tree”
  • German: “Sycamore Gap”
  • Icelandic: “Sycamore Gap-tréð”
  • Italian: “Albero di Robin Hood”
  • Japanese: “シカモア・ギャップの木”
  • Japanese: “ロビン・フッドの木”
  • Korean: “시카모어 갭 트리”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Robin Hood Tree”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sycamore Gap Tree”
  • Polish: “drzewo Robin Hooda”
  • Polish: “drzewo z Jaworowego Parowu”
  • Polish: “drzewo z Sycamore Gap”
  • Polish: “Robin Hood Tree”
  • Polish: “Sycamore Gap Tree”
  • Sinhala: “සිකමෝර් කපොල්ල ගස”
  • Slovak: “Robin Hood Tree”
  • Slovak: “Sycamore Gap Tree”
  • Spanish: “Árbol de Robin Hood”
  • Spanish: “Robin Hood Tree”
  • Spanish: “Sycamore Gap Tree”
  • Swedish: “Robin Hood Tree”
  • Swedish: “Sycamore Gap Tree”
  • Turkish: “Robin Hood Ağacı”
  • Turkish: “Sycamore Gap Ağacı”
  • Ukrainian: “Дерево Робін Гуда”
  • Vietnamese: “Cây Robin Hood”
  • Vietnamese: “Cây Sycamore Gap”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Sycamore Gap and Steel Rigg.

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