Featuring coast redwood. Verified occurrence recorded by Redwood World. One of these three Dawn Redwood stands at the easterly end of the Serpentine, while the other two can be found inside the Dell. They are all fenced off from the public and growing well in their position near to the vast expanse of water. The lake was created in 1730 for Queen Caroline, wife of George II. It seems hard to believe that there are no Giant or Coast Redwoods planted in a park of such a size. Surely a few at least would be a welcome addition to any self-respecting London park. Think of all the nasty carbon they could absorb from the air of surrounding streets.
Visit information
- Access
- Open to public
- Last verified
- 10 Apr 2026
- Official site
- redwoodworld.co.uk/picturepages/knightsbridge.htm
Redwood species here
Native to the fog belt of coastal California and Oregon, coast redwoods are the tallest trees on Earth. In Britain they thrive where rainfall, humidity, and sheltered woodland conditions echo their native range, forming narrow, soaring avenues and groves with reddish fibrous bark and flat fern-like foliage.
Present. 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 impr
Dawn redwood is a deciduous redwood from China, known from fossils before living trees were documented in the 1940s. It reached British collections soon afterwards and is now found in parks, botanic gardens, and arboreta, where its soft summer foliage and rusty autumn colour make it distinct from evergreen giant sequoias and coast redwoods.
Redwood World WGS84 reference: N51.50377 W0.15844.
1 recorded by Redwood World.
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Redwood at Knightsbridge - Hyde Park
About this place
About Knightsbridge - Hyde Park
Knightsbridge - Hyde Park is located in Knightsbridge, London, 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.
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Data sourced from Redwood World (redwoodworld.co.uk) and enriched by Redwood Finder.