Cowthorpe Oak

Not to be confused with Bowthorpe Oak.

Cowthorpe Oak
1844 depiction of the oak
Interactive map of Cowthorpe Oak
LocationCowthorpe, North Yorkshire
Date felled1950

The Cowthorpe Oak was an oak tree in Cowthorpe, North Yorkshire, England. Renowned for its age and size it was sketched by the artist J. M. W. Turner. At its greatest extent its canopy was said to cover 0.5 acres (2,000 m2) of land. The tree declined in the late 18th century and lost several of its leading branches. By 1822 many of its branches were almost completely rotten and it had been supported with wooden props. The tree fell in 1950, apparently after having been struck by lightning.

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