WHIPSNADE TREE CATHEDRAL
The Nave of Whipsnade Tree Cathedral
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Near Dunstable in Bedfordshire on 9 1/2 acres is a Whipsnade Tree Cathedral and garden. It is planted in the approximate form of a cathedral. It has grass avenues for the nave, chancel, transepts, chapels and cloisters. The nave is planted with lime trees and the transepts are planted with horse walnut trees. The walls are of different kinds of trees.
Mr. E.D. Blyth planted the Tree Cathedral as an act of "Faith, Hope and Reconciliation" in response to his memories of World War I. In 1916 he was a cadet and he had two close friends. They were dead with eighteen months.
In 1930, after visiting Liverpool Cathedral when it was being built, he got the idea to build the Tree Cathedral. He bagan work on it in 1932. During World War II it became overgrown but the development began again after the war.
1953 saw the first religious service at the Tree Cathedral and they continue to this day. Many different denominations have conducted services here. The National Trust accepted the Tree Cathedral as a gift in 1960.
The South Transcept of Whipsnade Tree Cathedral, looking south from the Nave.
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Both pictures were taken by Tony Jones on 10th September 2005.
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