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Europe's largest collection of ancient oak trees can be found in the ground of Blenheim Palace. 

The British stately home has been found to house more important oak trees than anywhere else on the continent, following a survey by the Woodland Trust. 

It says it hopes to protect the country's valuable natural heritage against damage and destruction as the wizened trees continue to age.

Surveying of trees over several years at Winston Churchill's birthplace in Oxfordshire has recorded 291 living oak trees with a girth of at least 16 feet (five metres) on the estate.

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A project to map important trees across the country has helped reveal Europe's largest collection of ancient oaks in the grounds of a British stately home. Ancient oaks, like this one found at Blenheim Palace, tend to be the largest gnarliest specimens 

The majority (220)  of these veteran trees reside in High park, which is designated as an area with special scientific interest (SSSI) and is currently off limits to the public.  

The remaining 71 can be seen elsewhere in Blenheim Park.

The research was primarily conducted by Kew's oak researcher Aljos Farjon, who said High Park was the most amazing site with ancient oaks he had seen, and was 'like stepping back into the distant wild past of our country'.

The data from Blenheim was compared to other records from the Woodland Trust's ancient tree inventory.

Analysis confirmed the Blenheim collection ranks as number one across Europe.

The ancient tree inventory already has 160,000 trees listed, but the nature charity believes there are thousands more to be added.

Surveying of trees over several years at Winston Churchill's birthplace in Oxfordshire has recorded 291 living oak trees with a girth of at least five metres (16ft) on the estate. Blenheim´s 'king oak' (pictured) is one of the ancient trees recorded 

Members of the public can search for and record these old and gnarly characters of the UK countryside.

Ancient trees were recently given the same protection as built heritage under planning rules.

But the trust warns that in order to protect them, they must first be identified.  

Kylie Harrison-Mellor, citizen science officer for the Woodland Trust, said: 'Ancient and veteran trees are the fattest, knobbliest and most fascinating specimens of trees.

'They have countless stories to tell and support huge networks of native flora and fauna.

'They were recently given better protection under the National Planning Policy Framework, but unless we know where they are, we can't campaign against their damage and destruction.

'By recording with the ancient tree inventory, members of the public can take an active part in defending some of our most valuable habitats.

'We know there are thousands out there we haven't found yet – who knows, there could still be a bigger collection of ancients waiting to be discovered.'

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Main photo article Europe’s largest collection of ancient oak trees can be found in the ground of Blenheim Palace. 
The British stately home has been found to house more important oak trees than anywhere else on the continent, following a survey by the Woodland Trust. 
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