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'A photographer's dream' - your memories and pictures of Sycamore Gap tree
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Share your stories of the Sycamore Gap tree with us
A reminder that you can let us know your thoughts and memories of the Northumberland landmark. Perhaps you got engaged there or it was a special place for your family?
We'd love to hear tales of other trees that are special to you as well.
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Watch: The Sycamore Gap... then, and now
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Around 150 years to develop into anything close to what we have lost - Woodland Trust
We mentioned earlier that new shoots may be able to grow from the base of the tree trunk - but it's going to take time for the tree to become what it was.
"We would expect new growth to start next spring or summer but it will take a few years to develop into even a small tree, and around 150 to 200 years before it is anywhere close to what we have lost," says Mark Feather, the estate manager at the Woodland Trust.
"Achieving a single stem will require some ongoing maintenance", he adds.
The Woodland Trust said it was "hopeful that it will re-sprout", with "regrowth expected in spring or summer 2024".
However, the trust warned the tree would not be replaced "within any visable timeframe".
In Pictures: 'An iconic landmark, a photographer's dream'
Photographer Owen Humphreys has shared some of the images of the tree he's taken over the years.
'It was a film star'
"It's so grim, I felt sick, as so many people did, when I saw it," says writer and environmentalist Prof Robert McFarlane.
"It was a film star, it was a tree that ashes were scattered under, marriages were made under it, it was a shelter for tired walkers."
He points out that it was chopped down on the eve of the State of Nature report's publication - an audit of how things are faring for the living world in the UK.
"Nature is under attack and has been for a long time in these islands," he said, adding: "We have not looked after our woods well."
But he added: "When you lose something like this, what a response it's pulled out - grief, poems, paintings, drawings, photographs, stories and memories.
"The question is how do we now use that strength of feeling and turn it to the good?"
Your emails: A poem on the felling of the Sycamore Gap tree
Ruth from Newcastle was on holiday in France when she heard about the tree.
She has written a poem in tribute:
What can we call you now?
No longer Sycamore Gap
The gap the goal
A gaping sky-filled hole
Branches reaching up are down
Grasping grass and stone
The tree felled
Severed Ended Gone
The gap is just a random gap
Without a name
'Our family used to walk there - it's a loss'
Miles Courage lives in Hampshire and had a family reunion at the Sycamore Gap tree last year.
In pictures: The tree that was 'perfection' for photographers
More of your reaction: 'It makes me feel like crying'
BreakingBoy, 16, bailed pending further inquiries
A 16-year-old boy has been released on bail pending further inquiries over the felling of the tree.
The boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was arrested on suspicion of criminal damage on Thursday.
Charity walker devastated by loss of tree
Vivienne Ranson has got in touch to tell us about a recent charity walk she did which went past it.
How Sycamore Gap tree could regrow by coppicing stump
Samantha Jagger
BBC News, NE and Cumbria
As we've been reporting, National Trust general manager Andrew Poad told us earlier that the stump of the tree was "healthy" and they might be able to coppice it so that new shoots grow from the base of a trunk.
Here's how that would work:
'So sad to see it gone'
We're asking for your memories of the Sycamore Gap, as well as other trees which have a special meaning to you.
George has got in touch to tell that seeing the tree on a wild and stormy day recently was a "wonderful moment".
Share your stories of the Sycamore Gap tree with us
People’s love of trees is strong - the outpouring of emotion over the felling of the Sycamore Gap tree is testament to that.
So let us know your thoughts and memories of the Northumberland landmark. Perhaps you got engaged there or it was a special place for your family?
We'd love to hear tales of other trees that are special to you as well.
And don’t forget to send us pictures.
Please get in touch by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.
Please include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:
Tree at Sycamore Gap could regrow - National Trust
This morning, we've learned that the the tree's stump was healthy, which means that it could regrow.
National Trust manager Andrew Poad told BBC Breakfast earlier: "It's a very healthy tree, we can see that now, because of the condition of the stump".
"It may well regrow from the coppice of the stump", he aded.
A famous tree felled - but hope may not be lost
Jo Couzens
Live reporter
The deliberate cutting down of one of the UK's most famous trees on Wednesday night has prompted an emotional response from thousands.
People have been sharing images of themselves on social media standing in front of the iconic tree at Sycamore Gap, beside Hadrian’s wall in Northumberland.
The beloved landmark – known as Robin Hood’s Tree - was named Tree of the Year in 2016 and featured in the 1991 film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, starring Kevin Costner.
But all may not be lost, as the National Trust offers a glimmer of hope that new shoots could grow from the base of the “healthy” tree stump.
A 16-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage.
Stay with us as we bring you stories, tributes and images of this special tree.