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Fuck Tree

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30

46% trees around it and 842 species recorded.

  • trees within 3 km46%
  • wild within 10 km41%
  • species recorded842
  • Altitude118 m

The forest around

46% trees.

Read like the rings of a cut trunk: from the centre out, the land within 1, 3, 6 and 10 km, coloured by what covers it.

Trees 67%Grassland 2%Built-up 31%Trees 43%Grassland 7%Water 0%Built-up 49%Trees 31%Grassland 7%Water 0%Built-up 61%Trees 28%Grassland 10%Water 2%Cropland 0%Built-up 59%46%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km67%
  • 1–3 km43%
  • 3–6 km31%
  • 6–10 km28%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees43%
  • Grassland7%
  • Water0%
  • Built-up49%

ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m, from Sentinel satellites), sampled every 120 m. A clearing, a road or a lake counts as what it is.

Who lives here

842 species recorded.

The plants, fungi, birds and mammals people have recorded here most often.

Green alkanet
Green alkanetPentaglottis sempervirens120 recordsLuis Fernández García · CC BY-SA 3.0
European Beech
European BeechFagus sylvatica99 recordsMalene Thyssen · CC BY-SA 3.0
Small yellow balsam
Small yellow balsamImpatiens parviflora87 recordsAndré Karwath aka Aka · CC BY-SA 2.5
English holly
English hollyIlex aquifolium86 recordsUnknown author · Public domain
Sycamore
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus82 recordsChristian Pirkl · CC BY-SA 3.0 at
Pedunculate Oak
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur73 recordsAlgirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia · Public domain
Common Hawthorn
Common HawthornCrataegus monogyna66 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Rowan
RowanSorbus aucuparia55 recordsGiallopolenta · Public domain
Cherry laurel
Cherry laurelPrunus laurocerasus55 recordsKarduelis · Public domain
Yew
YewTaxus baccata53 recordsSitomon · CC BY-SA 2.0
AshNT
AshFraxinus excelsior50 recordsWillow · CC BY 2.5
Brown Birch
Brown BirchBetula pubescens46 recordsDirk Ingo Franke · CC BY-SA 2.0

Open records within 2 km (GBIF, licensed for any use). Busy places are better recorded than remote ones.

In numbers

The forest, measured.

49out of 100

Our own rating, from open data only: tree cover (40 points), wildness (20), species recorded (30) and protection or heritage (10).

  • 46%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 41%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 842Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km
  • 118 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking in June and in September.

How good each month is for a walk: mild days and little rain make the bar taller.

  1. Jan7°2°65 mm
  2. Feb7°1°54 mm
  3. Mar10°2°50 mm
  4. Apr14°4°42 mm
  5. May17°7°55 mm
  6. Jun20°10°56 mm
  7. Jul23°13°60 mm
  8. Aug22°12°66 mm
  9. Sep20°10°44 mm
  10. Oct15°8°74 mm
  11. Nov10°4°74 mm
  12. Dec7°2°71 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Fuck Tree.

Tree on Hampstead Heath in London

Fuck Tree is a notable tree in United Kingdom.

Seen from space, 46% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 41% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

842 species have been recorded around it: 604 plants, 122 fungi, 101 birds and 15 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Green alkanet, European Beech and Small yellow balsam.

The best time to walk is in June and in September.

Fuck Tree seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30

Get there and walk

Plan the visit

A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.

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From above

The forest and its surroundings.

The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the trails, notable trees, picnic sites and huts that OpenStreetMap shows.

Fuck Tree seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Seen from above: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 6 × 6 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Around, in OpenStreetMap

  • 20marked trails within 5 kmNew River Path, Capital Ring (Section 10), Capital Ring (Section 11) and 17 more
  • 48named and notable trees within 6 kmHighbury Baptist Church, Brunswick Plane, Scholar's Tree and 45 more
  • 87picnic sites within 4 km
  • 115shelters and huts within 6 kmPark Lane and 114 more
  • 15viewpoints within 5 kmKenwood Viewpoint, Parliament Hill, Leopold Stokowski’s grave and 12 more
  • 14visitor centres within 6 kmBus information office, The WorkShop, Highgate Wood Information Centre and 11 more
  • 562car parks within 3 km
  • 11campsites within 10 kmCub Field, Scout Park, Training Field and 8 more
  • 1,386places to stay within 10 kmKings Cross Inn Hotel, Crestfield Hotel, DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel London - Marble Arch and 1,383 more
  • 531restaurants and cafés within 3 km

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.

In our other atlases

Around Fuck Tree.

The mountains, lakes, rivers, waterfalls and canyons around this forest, the viewpoints above it, the birds and the night sky, in the family's atlases.

Peakyas17 mountains within 25 km
Parliament Hill95 m · 1.9 kmPrimrose Hill65 m · 3.3 kmCampden Hill6.8 kmLudgate Hill18 m · 8.2 kmTower Hill14 m · 9.8 kmNorthala Fields13 kmRichmond Hill15 kmDuppas Hill23 km
Lakeyas8 lakes within 15 km
Brent Reservoir0.6 km² · 4.2 kmWest Warwick Reservoir1.1 km² · 9.7 kmLow Maynard Reservoir0.8 km² · 10 kmLonsdale Road Reservoir0.3 km² · 10 kmBanbury Reservoir0.5 km² · 12 kmAldenham Reservoir0.2 km² · 12 kmWilliam Girling Reservoir1.5 km² · 14 kmKing George V Reservoir2.0 km² · 15 km
Darkskyas7 dark-sky places within 30 km
Bishop ObservatoryBortle 9 · 5.0 kmUCL ObservatoryBortle 9 · 6.6 kmNortholt Branch ObservatoriesBortle 9 · 13 kmKew ObservatoryBortle 9 · 14 kmRoyal ObservatoryBortle 9 · 16 kmBayfordbury ObservatoryBortle 5 · 24 kmObservatory HouseBortle 8 · 29 km
Viewyas7 viewpoints within 15 kmComing soon
Primrose Hill65 m · 3.3 kmWatkin's Tower6.5 kmQueen's Tower7.4 kmLondon Eye8.2 kmThe View from The Shard9.6 kmTower Hill14 m · 9.8 kmArcelorMittal Orbit12 km
Cascadyas1 waterfalls within 15 km
Waterfall in Queen Mary's Gardens in London4.8 km

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.

Other forests nearby.

Fuck Tree

United Kingdom

  • 49Forestyas Score
  • 46%Trees
  • 41%Wild
  • 842Species

Claremont

United Kingdom · 26 km

  • 72Forestyas Score
  • 57%Trees
  • 75%Wild
  • 2,213Species

See the guide

Painshill

United Kingdom · 31 km

  • 72Forestyas Score
  • 52%Trees
  • 83%Wild
  • 2,181Species

See the guide

Epping Forest

United Kingdom · 19 km

  • 66Forestyas Score
  • 67%Trees
  • 60%Wild
  • 1,515Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q134376041) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species19,465 open records within 2 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only)
See these recordsgbif.org
Names and photosWikidata (CC0); GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
AltitudeCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Temperature and rainNASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2)
What is around© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Sister atlasesPeakyas, Islandyas, Lakeyas, Darkskyas, Viewyas, Cavernyas, Cascadyas

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

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