Oxford - Iffley Road (Oxfordshire)

At the front of this house in Iffley Road stands a nice pair of Giant Redwoods. James wrote in June 2019 to tell us that "I lived at 235 Iffley road from 1946 to 1972 and know the redwood and cedar that were in our front garden. The redwood in front of 233 Iffley Road was damaged by the cold weather of the 1962-63 winter and the top died out. A side shoot sprang up and the tree then started to grow more vigorously than the one in front of 235. I suspect our tree (235) suffered from competition for water by the other redwood and the Cedar. At some stage there was a large branch which over hung the road, this began to die and had to removed. It is quite interesting to see these trees in your register. We could always locate our house from the hills around Oxford, Boars Hill, Wytham woods and Shotover thanks to our trees." It's always good to receive tales from people having a past connection with the Redwoods featured on the website, and it's interesting to hear a little of its history.

Common Names and Latin Name	No.	Latitude and Longitude		OS National Grid	Elevation (above sea-level)
		WGS84	OSGB36
Giant Redwood, Wellingtonia Sequoiadendron giganteum	1	N51.74200 W1.23777	N51.74153 W1.23628	SP 52726 05085	215ft (65.6m)
	2	N51.74193 W1.23764	N51.74146 W1.23615	SP 52735 05078	217ft (66.2m)