Knightwood Oak

The Knightwood Oak is a pedunculate oak and the largest, and perhaps most famous, oak tree in the New Forest, in southern England. It is also known as the Queen of the Forest.

Photo: MalcolmGould, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include New Forest and Portuguese Fireplace.

New Forest

Photo: Paste, Public domain.

The New Forest is a major tourist area and a national park in Hampshire. It is immensely popular with British campers, as it is one of two national parks in the densely populated South East of England.

Portuguese Fireplace

Memorial

Photo: Clive Perrin, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Portuguese Fireplace is a war memorial in the New Forest National Park, near the village of Lyndhurst, Hampshire, England. It is located on the road between Bolderwood and Emery Down, approximately 2 km from the latter. Portuguese Fireplace is situated 4,200 feet north of Knightwood Oak.

Foxlease

Manor estate

Photo: ValP, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Foxlease Park is an outdoor training and activity centre near Lyndhurst, Hampshire, UK. The site is now owned by Foxie's Future CIO, a charity set up to save Foxlease for future generations following Girlguiding's decision to sell it in May 2023. Foxlease is situated 2 miles east of Knightwood Oak.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Allum Green and Bank.

Allum Green

Hamlet

Photo: Alan Haynes, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Allum Green is a hamlet southwest of Lyndhurst, Hampshire, England. During the night of 5/6 September 1940 it was the scene of a Luftwaffe bombing raid, which resulted in the deaths of four British Army soldiers of the RAOC and 14 men were injured.

Bank

Hamlet

Photo: Trevor Harris, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bank is a village in the English county of Hampshire. The settlement is within the civil parish of Lyndhurst in the New Forest, and is located approximately 8 miles from both Ringwood and Southampton. It has one inn and approximately 30 distinct dwellings.

Emery Down

Village

Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Emery Down is a small village in the New Forest National Park in Hampshire, England. Its nearest other village is Lyndhurst, which lies approximately 1.4 miles south-east from the village. Emery Down is situated 2 miles northeast of Knightwood Oak.

Knightwood Oak

Type: Tourist attraction
Categories: remarkable tree and tourism
Location: Lyndhurst, New Forest, Hampshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.85735° or 50° 51′ 27″ north

Longitude

-1.62446° or 1° 37′ 28″ west

Height

112 feet (34 metres)

Open location code

9C2WV94G+W6

OpenStreetMap ID

node 89236738

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=tree

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=attraction

Wikidata ID

Q6422585

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