Which British ancient tree would you most want to stand beneath?

Legendary hideout of Robin Hood and his Merry Men, this thousand-year-old oak has a trunk circumference of over 10 metres. It remains one of the most visited trees in Britain.

Estimated to be between 2,000 and 5,000 years old, this ancient yew is possibly the oldest living thing in Europe. Local legend even claims Pontius Pilate played beneath it as a child.

Said to have witnessed the sealing of the Magna Carta in 1215, this yew is over 2,000 years old. It also reportedly saw Henry VIII court Anne Boleyn.

A sycamore where six farm labourers gathered in 1834 to form an early trade union, leading to their infamous transportation. A cornerstone of British workers' rights history.

Believed to be the last surviving tree of the great Birnam Wood immortalised in Shakespeare's Macbeth. Its gnarled, propped-up limbs tell 500 years of story.