The iconic tree was illegally chopped down in September 2023, but its memory will live on in the form of a new art ...

Sycamore Gap tree trunk installation to go on display - Sculptor Charlie Whinney has created a place for people to sit beside and touch a section of the much-loved tree, which was felled in 2023.

The remains of a famous sycamore tree, which stood on Britain’s Roman-built Hadrian’s Wall in northern England for more than 200 years, has found a new home nearly two years after it was ...

A large piece of the Sycamore Gap tree, which was illegally felled, is to go on public display, with visitors encouraged to touch or even hug its trunk.

Sculptor Charlie Whinney has created a place for people to sit beside and touch a section of the much-loved tree, which was felled in 2023.

Tree trunk ‘is huggable’ A spokesperson for the park told CNN on Thursday that the tree piece, which will be on public display from Friday, “can be touched and is huggable.” ...

July 10, 2025 at 10:58am BST. A large piece of the Sycamore Gap tree which was illegally felled is to go on public display, with visitors encouraged to touch or even hug its trunk.

Tree trunk ‘is huggable’ A spokesperson for the park told CNN on Thursday that the tree piece, which will be on public display from Friday, “can be touched and is huggable.” ...

A section of the Sycamore Gap tree was preserved to be made into this piece (Bigger Picture/Northumberland National Park Authority/PA) It will go on display just two miles from where it once stood ...