First saplings from felled UK tree to be planted

London: The first five saplings grown from one of the UK s most iconic trees after it was deliberately felled will be planted on Saturday, organisers...

London: The first five saplings grown from one of the UK's most iconic trees after it was deliberately felled will be planted on Saturday, organisers said.

Until September 2023, the tree had stood for nearly 200 years in a dramatic dip next to Hadrian's Wall, a Roman-era UNESCO World Heritage site in northern England.

Known as the Sycamore Gap tree, it was so striking it featured in the 1991 Hollywood film "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves".

Two men were jailed for more than four years in July for felling it.

Now some 49 saplings grown from the tree will be planted, including half next week during UK National Tree Week, the National Trust conservation charity which protects historic places said.