I think it’s called the Robin Hood Tree because it was in a Robin Hood film.
Yeah, but the movie was presumably filmed there because they were looking for something that didn’t have houses or whatnot in view, looked like it did during the time of Richard Lionheart.
I mean, that’s probably part of it too, but I also feel like they wouldn’t have filmed the scene at Canary Wharf.
Honestly, given that Robin Hood’s home was Sherwood Forest, Sycamore Gap is about…checks Google Maps…about 172 miles by (modern day) road out of the way, too.
EDIT: Hmm. Apparently, Acer pseudoplatanus also didn’t grow in Britain at the time Robin Hood was supposed to be running around, either – it was introduced from central Europe, probably significantly later:
Some trees introduced a long time ago to Britain are now considered ‘naturalised’. There is a specific term for species present since 1500; an ‘archaeophyte’. Such species include beech (native only to south-eastern Britain), horse chestnut, sweet chestnut, sycamore and walnut.
Yeah, but the movie was presumably filmed there because they were looking for something that didn’t have houses or whatnot in view, looked like it did during the time of Richard Lionheart.
Or just because it was a striking visual.
I mean, that’s probably part of it too, but I also feel like they wouldn’t have filmed the scene at Canary Wharf.
Honestly, given that Robin Hood’s home was Sherwood Forest, Sycamore Gap is about…checks Google Maps…about 172 miles by (modern day) road out of the way, too.
EDIT: Hmm. Apparently, Acer pseudoplatanus also didn’t grow in Britain at the time Robin Hood was supposed to be running around, either – it was introduced from central Europe, probably significantly later:
https://gabrielhemery.com/native-trees-of-britain/
https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/trees-and-shrubs/sycamore