# Midland Oak

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{{Short description|Oak tree in Warwickshire}}
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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](/source/Leamington_Spa), reputed to mark the [centre of England](/source/centre_of_England).]]
The '''Midland Oak''' is an [oak](/source/oak) tree that grows in [Leamington Spa](/source/Leamington_Spa), [Warwickshire](/source/Warwickshire), near the [Lillington](/source/Lillington%2C_Warwickshire) 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](/source/Centre_points_of_the_United_Kingdom). 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](/source/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](/source/List_of_individual_trees)

==References==
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==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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