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Well-loved by London pagans


A circle of plane (Platanus x hispanica) in Green Park, London, is said to be well-loved by the city’s pagans, who are reported to worship and make offerings there.

In the 1920s a bandstand was erected on the site, and, although it has since been demolished, the trees remain.

There were no signs of any activity either at Hallowe’en or the Winter Solstice 2018, or at any time since.

Photographed October 2018.

Note added 21 August 2025:  On the afternoon of 2 August 2025 Tamesis Grove, ‘a contemporary Druidry group that gathers across London to celebrate seasonal festivals’, held its Lughnasadh under a ‘large circular grove of London plane trees on the east side of Green Park’.

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