Broad Oak

This tree, which must be at least 400 years old, stands in a field just outside the hamlet of Broad Oak, near Sturminster Newton in Dorset, in the heart of Thomas Hardy country. I'm not sure whether the hamlet is named after the tree, but it seems likely.

Location: Broad Oak, Dorset

Photographer: James Auden

Broad Oak

This tree, which must be at least 400 years old, stands in a field just outside the hamlet of Broad Oak, near Sturminster Newton in Dorset, in the heart of Thomas Hardy country. I'm not sure whether the hamlet is named after the tree, but it seems likely.

Location: Broad Oak, Dorset

Photographer: James Auden