Some trees are worth a journey

Every tree on this map has been visited in person, photographed and written up. None of it is scraped from a dataset. That is why the list grows slowly, and why each entry is worth reading before you go.

Anyone with an account can put a tree forward. Submissions are read, and the ones that stand up get visited, graded and published. If you know one that belongs here, send it in.

Four factors, each scored from one to ten, then weighted into a single number out of ten. Age and wow factor carry the most because they are what actually make a tree worth crossing the city for.

The total puts each tree into a band. The top band is the Pinnacle list, which is generated from the scores rather than picked by hand, so it changes as new trees are added.

You can browse everything without an account. Signing in only matters when you want to keep a record: ticking trees off, adding a photograph from the day, and building your own lists.

Please treat them well. Stay off exposed root plates, keep dogs clear of veteran trees, and take nothing but a photograph. Some of these have been standing for a thousand years, and the last few decades have been the hardest.

The map has an optional layer showing every tree recorded in the Greater London Authority public realm survey, which runs to well over a million points. It is there for context and for the pleasure of seeing the whole city at once. It is a survey record, not a recommendation, and it does not cover private gardens.