Castlewellan Forest Park (Annesley Garden & Arboretum)

County Down

Evidence-backed Giant Sequoia Public access

Free to walk in (parking charge for cars): the Annesley Garden's extraordinary 19-trunked giant sequoia, near Castlewellan, Co Down.

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Open to the public
Last checked
20 Jun 2026

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Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum)

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About this place

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Castlewellan Forest Park, in County Down, surrounds the historic Annesley Garden and Arboretum — a walled garden and tree collection rated among the finest in the British Isles. Its standout redwood is an extraordinary multi-stemmed giant sequoia in the walled garden, with around 19 trunks rising from one root system, crowned Northern Ireland Tree of the Year in 2018. Walkers and cyclists enter the park free; cars pay a daily charge or council permit.

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