Whipsnade Tree Cathedral

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Whipsnade tree cathedral. Nice and quiet place. The cathedral was created as a. Whipsnade tree cathedral a memorial plantation created by edmund blyth in the 1930s is registered at grade ii for the following principal reasons. Peaceful and interesting this incredible tree cathedral was created by edmund blyth after the first world war as a lasting legacy for his comrades who died in the war.
This incredible tree cathedral was created after the first world war in the spirit of faith hope and reconciliation. A peaceful green space created with different varieties of trees planted in the traditional shape of a cathedral with wide green avenues forming a nave chancel choir chapels cloisters and transepts. Whipsnade tree cathedral a cathedral of a different sort. It is planted in the approximate form of a cathedral with grass avenues for nave chancel transepts chapels and cloisters and walls of different species of trees.
See 194 reviews articles and 76 photos of whipsnade tree cathedral ranked no 4 on tripadvisor among 11 attractions in dunstable. Whipsnade tree cathedral is a 9 5 acre 3 8 ha garden in the village of whipsnade in bedfordshire england. He had visited liverpool cathedral and whilst driving over the cotswolds he fell. The tree cathedral is on the road from kensworth to whipsnade zoo and is signposted so it is fairly easy to find.
There is a small car park with a sign saying to come back if it is full. Whipsnade tree cathedral dunstable. It is a highly unusual memorial landscape based on the form of a medieval cathedral although it is a conceptual rather than a literal design. It is in the shape of a traditional medieval cathedral including a nave chancel lady chapel easter chapel cloisters but it is.
Trees hedges and shrubs planted in the form of a medieval cathedral. Admission to the tree cathedral is free. There is a free but small car park.