Midland Oak

The Midland Oak

The plaque located nearby

The Midland Oak was an oak tree that grew near the boundary between Lillington and Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, at the junction of Lillington Road and Lillington Avenue.

A new tree planted near the site of the old one has a plaque which states that the old tree was reputed to mark the centre of England. The present tree was planted about 1988, grown from an acorn found nearby. The previous oak tree on the site, planted in the mid 20th century and again grown from a locally found acorn, had itself replaced a much older tree, the original centuries old Midland Oak.^[1] The tree survived the extensive work carried out in 2002, when an underground stream, the Bins Brook, was exposed and an overflow basin was created, to prevent the flooding of nearby houses.^[2] Leamington's first golf course existed nearby from 1890, founded by the Rev Percy Coates.^[3]

References

1. ^ The King's England - Warwickshire (pub 1936, Arthur Mee, Editor), p.161, p.9 (photograph)
2. ^ Leamington Spa Courier, April 4, 2002, "Flood Site Like a Battlefield"
3. ^ Royal Leamington Spa, Lyndon Cave, pub. 1988. p.86

External links

• Picture of the Midland Oak
• Picture of the fields near the Midland Oak

Coordinates: 52°18′00″N 1°31′47″W / 52.300062°N 1.529750°W / 52.300062; -1.529750