{{Short description|Oak tree in Warwickshire}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} right|thumb|200px|The Midland Oak right|thumb|200px|The plaque located nearby [[File:Lillington Midland Oak 1909.jpg|thumb|Old oak at Leamington Spa, reputed to mark the centre of England.]] The '''Midland Oak''' is an oak tree that grows in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, near the Lillington boundary, at the junction of Lillington Road and Lillington Avenue.
==Tree== A plaque nearby unveiled in 1988 states that the old tree, the original centuries old Midland Oak<ref>The King's England - Warwickshire (pub 1936, Arthur Mee, Editor), p.161, p.9 (photograph)</ref> was reputed to mark the centre of England. The present tree was planted about 1988, grown from an acorn saved in 1967 when the old tree, which had died, was cut down.<ref>History of Lillington - Warwickshire (pub 1990, John M. Winterburn), pp.25 & 32.</ref> The tree survived the extensive work carried out in 2002, when an underground stream, the Bins Brook, was exposed and an overflow basin was created, to prevent the flooding of nearby houses.<ref>Leamington Spa Courier, April 4, 2002, "Flood Site Like a Battlefield"</ref>
==See also== * List of individual trees
==References== <references />
==External links== *[https://www.geograph.org.uk/view.php?id=27563 Picture of the Midland Oak] *[https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/11962 Picture of the fields near the Midland Oak]
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