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Thanks to Michael for the above photographs of "Kyloe Wood (55° 38' N 1° 55' W) near Belford in north Northumbs is the place to be. Lots of Sequoiadendron, including the group in the above picture; the tallest I've pinned down yet (2nd from the right in the picture) is 48m tall, and most of the rest 40-46m tall. Just behind where I was standing to take that picture, is a Sequoia sempervirens (no picture, no place to get a decent full view of it!), 46m × 102cm diameter, while not too far away in another part of the wood, another is 46m × 116cm. Two others in the same area also 46m, and a fourth 45m. They are growing among even larger Abies grandis (tallest found, 57m). Also several young Sequoia sempervirens of natural regeneration 5-10m tall, possibly unique in Britain in terms of numbers?

There is another very tall (probably the tallest) Sequoiadendron which I've not measured yet; its top is visible from Kyloe Crags half a kilometre away, towering well over the surrounding trees, but I've not been able to locate it on the ground yet!
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Well done Michael for your keen detective work at tracking down these trees, the measurements sound intriguing, certainly a collection of large Redwoods.

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