'Ghost Trees' is a contemporary art walk and exhibition at Croft Castle and Parkland. "Ghost trees are relics of the lost woodlands of the past. The skeletal ghosts of long dead trees are striking presences in Croft's landscape." National Trust, Ghost Trees Project.
The First Ghost is a veteran oak tree, planted in the eighteenth century.
The Second Ghost is better known as Sir William Croft's Oak. A storm in 2021 caused it to lose a large limb and part of its trunk.
The Third Ghost is a veteran sweet chestnut, dating from the seventeenth century and struck by lightning in 2012.
The Fourth Ghost is also a sweet chestnut, dating from between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries.
The Fifth Ghost is an ancient sweet chestnut planted between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries.
The Sixth Ghost is the stump of an oak tree which was pollarded every seven to ten years until WW1.
