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Apley Castle

Nearest town: Telford

Site type: parkland

Access: Public

Church name: No Data

Diocese: No Data

County: Shropshire

Country: England

Grid ref: SJ65681316

Lost yew site: No

Date visited: 19-Mar-08

Recorded by: Mark Latham

Protection & responsibility: Owner

Yews recorded at this site: Ancient 4m-5m

Notes: Apley Castle Estate dates back over 800 years. Its landscaped woodland is 18th century. Its boast to have the longest and oldest yew avenue in the country needs verification, but from photographs seen of it the trees appear to be relatively young.