Giant Sequoia Coast Redwood Public Showpiece

Westonbirt, The National Arboretum

Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England

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.

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Public
Last updated
12 May 2026
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Access note
Dogs are welcome off lead in Silk Wood. Dogs are not permitted in the Old Arboretum or at events (except assistance dogs).
Opening times
Westonbirt is open every day, Monday - Sunday, except Christmas day, from 9:00am. Last admission is at 4:30pm, 30 minutes before the arboretum closes.
Visitor information
forestryengland.uk/westonbirt-the-national-arboretum

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Redwood species here

Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum)

Planted in the Victorian era, now among England's finest.

Several dozen mature specimens

Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens)

Present in the Old Arboretum section.

Multiple mature trees

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