Featuring giant redwood / giant sequoia. Verified occurrence recorded by Redwood World. A short distance from Dunburgh house is another dwelling containing three Wellingtonia. The owner later wrote to tell us that there were once five trees here, the stump of one of those removed can be seen bottom right in the photograph. We spotted these Giant Redwood while visiting the town of Beccles on the other side of the River Waveney. A trip up St. Michael's bell tower in Beccles is well worth the effort, over one hundred narrow stone steps with a couple of places to catch your breath and admire the huge bells. Lowestoft can be seen from the top on the horizon. The guide on the roof was very informative and he explained that bell towers (campanile) were usually built on the west side of churches but when this one was constructed in the early 16th century the land was too marshy. Beccles was once a sea port and its land was subsequently re-claimed by drainage sometime before the end of the 14th century. Hence the tower is a free-standing building on the south east side of the church where the ground is more solid. The wedding of Edmund Nelson and Catherine Suckling took place in this church in 1749, who were the parents to Horatio Nelson.
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- 10 Apr 2026
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Redwood species here
Native to the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, giant sequoias were introduced to Britain in the 1850s during the Victorian plant-collecting era. They are the world's most massive trees by volume and have thrived in the UK's mild, wet climate, often growing faster than in parts of their native range. Many Victorian-era plantings now rival mature specimens in California.
Present. Native to the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, giant sequoias were introduced to Britain in the 1850s during the Victorian plant-collecting era. They are the world's most massive trees by volume
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Redwood at Dunburgh - Flint House
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About Dunburgh - Flint House
Dunburgh - Flint House is located in Dunburgh, Norfolk, England.
Species Present
Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum)
Native to the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, giant sequoias were introduced to Britain in the 1850s during the Victorian plant-collecting era. They are the world's most massive trees by volume and have thrived in the UK's mild, wet climate, often growing faster than in their native range. Many Victorian-era plantings now rival mature specimens in California.
Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens)
The tallest trees on Earth, coast redwoods can exceed 100 metres in their native California. Less common in Britain than giant sequoias, they prefer sheltered, moist locations and can still reach impressive heights in the UK. The tallest known coast redwood in Britain is over 50 metres.
Dawn Redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides)
A deciduous conifer thought to be extinct until rediscovered in a remote Chinese province in 1941. Seeds were distributed to botanical gardens worldwide in the late 1940s. Unlike its evergreen relatives, the dawn redwood loses its needles in winter, turning a striking copper-bronze in autumn.
Data sourced from Redwood World (redwoodworld.co.uk) and enriched by Redwood Finder.