124. Plas Derwen Oak

A Welsh oak is a landmark among mid-century housing that it predates by centuries.

Llangattock, across the Usk from Crickhowell, was once a village on the edge of Llangatwg Park estate, parts of which have disappeared under twentieth century housing. A vestige remains on Plas Derwen, a name that may be translated from the Welsh as Oak Hall, or Oak Manor perhaps. Today’s Plas Derwen is a short cul-de-sac where an old oak pollard is now the centrepiece of a roundabout. In recent years it has been unsympathetically lopped, but if left to regrow, could be a very fine tree in decades or centuries to come.

Species details

Hybrid Oak
Quercus x rosacea

Where to find it

Plas Derwen, Llangattock, Crickhowell NP8 1HQ
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Another Welsh hybrid oak

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Some dates for your diary

Next Saturday, 26th October

I will be giving an illustrated talk at St James’s Piccadilly, a Wren church featuring wonderful Grinling Gibbons limewood carvings. 

London is a Forest: an historical and environmental perspective.

Find out more, and get your free ticket

Saturday 2nd November

Autumn tree walk around Finsbury Park in north London.

I’ve been leading this walk twice a year now for the last few years, but there’s always something new to see. Thanks to Haringey Council, it’s free too!

Find out more, and get your free ticket.