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London has a surprising history and love for its trees, more so than I've seen in other cities I've lived in. This means you can find a lot of fun listicles tha
by hnbear 3y ago
London has a surprising history and love for its trees, more so than I've seen in other cities I've lived in. This means you can find a lot of fun listicles that provide history and fun facts for trees located around the city.
For example, [Great Trees of London](https://londonist.com/london/maps/great-trees-of-london-map https://londonist.com/london/maps/great-trees-of-london-map) has a collection I'd actually enjoy walking around, and coupling with other sites in the area.
Especially in the heat the difference trees make is incredible. Moving from a tree-lined street to an open one is horrible when walking around the place.
- sw104 3y agoNot to one-up you, but Sheffield in South Yorkshire has even more trees. I visited recently and was taken aback by how much coverage there was for a city center, coming from Leeds, which seems to hate trees. If I remember correctly, London has around 8.5 million trees (for a population of almost 9 million, 1:1 tree:person) and Sheffield has around 4.5 million (for a much smaller population of less than 600,000, 7.5:1 tree:person). Sheffield has more trees per person than any other city in Europe. Sheffield council tried to cut down thousands of trees a few years ago and it caused massive backlash, protests and arrests. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheffield_tree_felling_protests https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheffield_tree_felling_protest...
- switch007 3y agoI can’t believe how long that saga went on! Sheffield residents are rightly extremely proud of their city. The trees are absolutely wonderful and their numbers make Sheffield quite special. Good on the protestors!
- have_faith 3y agoI just came across this: https://sheffieldtreemap.com/ https://sheffieldtreemap.com/ More japanese cherry trees that I realised