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Stuart TyeCopyright: Stuart Tye ![Imogen Potter's picture of the Sycamore Gap tree](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
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Imogen PotterCopyright: Imogen Potter The family had been celebrating a 60th birthday this weekImage caption: The family had been celebrating a 60th birthday this week ![The Sycamore Gap tree](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Katharine BartonCopyright: Katharine Barton ![Diane's son and his girlfriend at the tree in July](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Rachel O'ConnellCopyright: Rachel O'Connell Diane's friends and family visited the tree in JulyImage caption: Diane's friends and family visited the tree in July ![Diane visited Sycamore Gap with her family who’d flown in from around the globe in July](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Rachel O'ConnellCopyright: Rachel O'Connell Diane's family had flown in for a family reunion in JulyImage caption: Diane's family had flown in for a family reunion in July ![Sycamore Gap tree at night](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Martin LenordCopyright: Martin Lenord ![Forensic investigators from Northumbria Police examine the felled Sycamore Gap tree, on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
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Chloe DixonCopyright: Chloe Dixon ![Night time shot of Sycamore Gap tree](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Kris HodgettsCopyright: Kris Hodgetts ![Night time shot of Sycamore Gap tree](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
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AlamyCopyright: Alamy Dan Newman as Wulf in the movieImage caption: Dan Newman as Wulf in the movie ![The Northern Lights coming up behind Sycamore Gap](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
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BBCCopyright: BBC ![Photo of the Sycamore Gap taken by Harriet Robinson in June 2021](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Harriet RobinsonCopyright: Harriet Robinson Harriet took this picture in June 2021Image caption: Harriet took this picture in June 2021 ![Tree in starry moonlight](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Dan Monk Kielder ObservatoryCopyright: Dan Monk Kielder Observatory ![Sycamore Gap tree in December 2022](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Lorraine JonesCopyright: Lorraine Jones Wintry shot of the Sycamore gap tree last yearImage caption: Wintry shot of the Sycamore gap tree last year ![Lorraine Jones at the Sycamore Gap tree](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Lorraine JonesCopyright: Lorraine Jones ![Tree in winter snow](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
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Latest PostSaying goodbye to 'the most famous tree in Hollywood'
Jamie Whitehead
Live reporter
Earlier this week, what was possibly the UK’s most famous tree was cut down. We've spent today reading so many of your stories about time spent at the landmark in the Sycamore Gap. This page will now serve as a repository for those memories.
The tree was named "the most famous tree in Hollywood" when it was nominated for European Tree of the Year in 2017, due to its appearance in the 1991 film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.
And while the deliberate felling of this beautiful tree has upset people across the UK, there has been the glimmer of hope that its shoots may be able to grow back. But replacing anything like what was lost will take time - between 150 and 200 years to get near to the size that it was.
Thank you for joining us today. This page was brought to you by Anna Boyd, Jo Couzens, Samantha Jagger, Francesca Williams, Emma Owen, Sherie Ryder and me.
Scroll down to read more memories and see lots of beautiful photos. And you can read more in our latest news story here.
One of the last photos to be taken of the tree
Imogen Potter and her family were amongst the last people to see the tree when they walked to it on Wednesday.
'Such a special place'
'A very, very sad day'
'My husband and I were there for our Alphabet Date'
'Hearing the news about it was really shocking'
Forensics officer heard saying, 'I've never examined a tree'
A 16-year-old boy who was arrested yesterday in connection with the tree's felling has now been released on bail pending further inquires, Northumbria Police says.
The force said on Thursday it believed the damage had been a "deliberate act of vandalism".
It has appealed for anyone with information about what happened to get in touch.
The PA news agency says there are still forensics officers at the site, taking measurements and samples from the stump and photographing the area.
One was heard saying: "In 31 years of forensics I've never examined a tree."
Sycamore sleight of hand
The sycamore has been photographed thousands of times in all seasons and weathers. It was just one of those sights people would make a special journey to capture.
But Chloe Dixon's trick is the only option now, if you want to see it upright.
She says she took the polaroid a few years ago and held it up in front of the tree.
'A symbol of something natural in its perfect form'
'Why would someone cut down a tree?'
Having faith in the tree's Plan B
All that remains of the tree at Sycamore Gap is a stump. But in that stump lies hope that many are clinging to.
The National Trust has said new shoots could grow from the trunk's base.
Tristan Gooley, the author of How To Read A Tree, explains trees have "what I would refer to as a Plan B" and can "sprout back" into life.
"I don't want to raise false hopes yet but, as a general principle, broadleaf trees can live again, even when they've been brutally decapitated," he said.
"The truth is the more mature a tree the less positive the outlook but trees are inspiring in the way that they will give life another go if they possibly can."
Robin Hood actor on 'senseless' felling of tree
An actor, who starred alongside Kevin Costner in the 1991 film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, has spoken out on the destruction of the tree that featured in one of the film's key scenes.
Speaking on BBC Radio Tees, Dan Newman, who played young boy Wulf, called the vandalism "senseless".
He said the tree was beautiful and iconic and its appeal went far beyond its location, as was shown by the strength of feeling at its loss.
Remembering his time filming, he described Costner as "a good guy" and noted people "loved that movie".
Photographing the Northern Lights at Sycamore Gap
Jeff Overs
BBC News
I spent a very chilly night at Sycamore Gap seven years ago, standing alone at that spot under the amazing starlight for several hours.
Another younger photographer turned up and we chatted for several hours waiting for the Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) to appear, but it was so dark that I never actually saw his face.
I was more than grateful to see a shallow green glimmer around midnight. But like fishermen, landscape photographers are never entirely satisfied, and so I was hoping for a better shot one day.
It’s equinox at this time of year which is a peak season for the Northern Lights and my “Aurora Watch“ app has pinged twice in the last two weeks, on both occasions too late for me to get there in time from London.
Wonderful pictures emerged from both nights and so I had been keeping an eye out.
The relatively recent appearance of apps has made it a lot easier to predict these natural wonders and Sycamore Gap was such an amazing place to witness them.
I felt sick and when I discovered what had happened to that magical location, and now bereft, a jewel in our crown is now lost for future generations.
Sycamore Gap 'still very much a crime scene'
Alison Freeman
BBC Look North, reporting from Northumberland
This is still very much a crime scene.
Forensics police officers have been here for an hour taking photographs and measurements of the stump of the tree and scraping samples of the bark.
The atmosphere remains incredibly solemn.
People are continuing to walk to the site to pay their respects, taking their time to stand or sit just looking at what remains.
There is still a sense of disbelief that this has really happened.
The tree that hid in a gap but rose to Hollywood fame
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves came out in 1991 and tells the story, as the title makes clear, of Robin Hood - the outlaw who stole from the rich to give to the poor.
The tree featured in a key scene near the beginning of the film, when Robin Hood – played by Kevin Costner - makes his way to Sherwood Forest to confront the sheriff's men.
Dan Newman, who played the character Wulf - a little boy who hides in the tree and is rescued by Costner's character - talked about taking pictures of it when he arrived for filming.
"It was the first thing I did on the movie, actually, on my first day," said the actor turned personal trainer.
"It's a beautiful and iconic image."
Not just a tree, an award-winning tree
As we mentioned earlier, the tree was voted England’s Tree of the Year in 2016, after getting 2,542 votes.
The following year it took part in the European Tree of the Year competition.
Sadly, despite being described by the organisers as "the most famous tree in Hollywood", it failed to take the top European spot - but did come in at a very respectable fifth place.
Poland's then 650-year-old Oak Józef came first, followed by the Brimmon Oak in Wales.
'A place where truly one could be set free'
Harriet Robinson was moved to write a poem in tribute to the tree and its "wonderful location".
There once was a lonesome tree
Which stood for over 400 years witnessing a personal history
Far outliving a human life - yet providing comfort and shelter for many and me
A place where truly one could be set free
Looking up in awe at its majesty
Pub hopes to celebrate the tree's legacy
Samantha Jagger
BBC News, NE and Cumbria
For some, thoughts are turning to ways in which they can remember the famous tree. And the manager of a pub just a stone's throw away from the site is raising funds to do just that.
Steve Blair, who manages the Twice Brewed Inn, said the spot was "such a big draw for tourism in the north of England".
"It's quite a popular place for people to propose and for wedding photographs.
"It's so symbolic, you see people sitting on the bankside viewing the tree for hours at a time," he added.
He says he wants to create a lasting memorial, and the money raised will support future projects in the area as well as work carried out by Northumberland National Park & National Trust.
'It resembled another soul'
In Pictures: 'It was great for photography'
Ken Fitzpatrick sent us these beautiful shots of the tree in different seasons.
"I used to go to this tree often. It was great for photography," he says.