Historic Plantings

Victorian enthusiasm for the newly discovered redwoods shaped many of Britain's finest estates. These places still carry that history.

10 places

Giant Sequoia

Benmore Botanic Garden

Dunoon · Argyll and Bute

Home to one of the most impressive giant sequoia avenues in Britain. Planted in 1863 from seeds brought directly from California, the avenue of over a hundred sequoias creates a cathedral-like approach to the garden. The trees are now among the tallest in Scotland.

Open to public 1 source

Giant Sequoia

Leighton Hall Sequoia Grove

Welshpool · Powys

The Leighton Estate near Welshpool contains what is believed to be the tallest giant sequoia in Wales and one of the tallest in Britain. Planted in the 1860s as part of an ambitious Victorian planting programme, the grove includes multiple champion-sized trees in a dramatic hillside setting.

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Westonbirt, The National Arboretum

Tetbury · Gloucestershire

Westonbirt is a major Forestry England arboretum in Gloucestershire, created nearly 200 years ago and now spread across a vast landscape of woodland and specimen plantings. Its collections include notable giant sequoias and coast redwoods among one of Britain’s great tree-focused visits.

Open to public 1 source

Giant Sequoia

Bicton Park Botanical Gardens

East Budleigh · Devon

A Victorian-era botanical garden with one of the finest collections of conifers in south-west England, including impressive giant sequoias in the historic pinetum. The gardens have been accumulating remarkable trees since the early 19th century.

Open to public 2 sources

Giant Sequoia

Castle Kennedy Gardens

Stranraer · Dumfries and Galloway

Castle Kennedy Gardens is one of Scotland’s most important historic designed landscapes, set between the White Loch and Black Loch near Stranraer. The gardens are known for sculptured landforms, radiating avenues, championship trees, and mature giant sequoias within a long-cared-for estate setting.

Open to public 2 sources

Coast Redwood

Cliveden Estate

Taplow · Buckinghamshire

Featuring coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens).

Open to public 1 source

Giant Sequoia

Dawyck Botanic Garden

Stobo · Scottish Borders

Dawyck Botanic Garden is a renowned arboretum in a Scottish Borders glen, where trees and shrubs from around the world thrive in a continental climate. The garden is especially noted for seasonal displays, conifer interest, and a strong collection that includes giant sequoias.

Open to public 2 sources

Giant Sequoia

Killerton Estate

Broadclyst · Devon

A National Trust estate with fine giant sequoias in the historic hillside garden. Killerton was one of the earliest Devon estates to plant the newly introduced sequoias in the 1850s and 1860s. The trees stand prominently on the wooded hillside behind the house.

Open to public 1 source

Giant Sequoia

Sheffield Park Garden

Uckfield · East Sussex

Sheffield Park Garden is a Grade I listed National Trust landscape of lakes, woodland, and historic parkland in East Sussex. It is especially strong on large specimen trees and autumn colour, with giant sequoias among the heritage conifers that give the garden its grand scale.

Open to public 1 source

Giant Sequoia

Tyntesfield

Wraxall · North Somerset

A spectacular Victorian Gothic estate managed by the National Trust, with giant sequoias in the woodland gardens. Tyntesfield was built and planted by the Gibbs family in the 1860s–1880s and represents one of the best-preserved Victorian estates in England. The sequoias date from this period.

Open to public 1 source

More collections

Giant Sequoia Places

The giant sequoia — the largest tree by volume on Earth — was introduced to Britain in the 1850s. These are standout places to encounter it across the UK.

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Free to Visit

Redwood places that are open to the public at no charge, with straightforward access and no ticket needed.

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Best for Photography

Dramatic avenues, towering groves, and atmospheric woodland — places that reward a camera and a slow walk.

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