A 400-year-old oak tree at the National Trust's Westbury Court Garden in Gloucestershire has been declared a "Girth Champion" with a trunk measuring 9.3m wide. The holm oak, originally a topiary, is the widest tree in the UK. It is part of the only restored Dutch-style water garden in the country and is visited by around 20,000 people annually. The tree is now protected to maintain the soil under its canopy and could live for another 100 years if cared for properly. Holm oak trees are native to the Eastern Mediterranean and were introduced to Britain in the late 1500s.

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