Tree To Be Axed For HS2 Voted Best In England

A 250-year-old pear tree due to be felled to make way for the HS2 high-speed rail line has been voted the best tree in England. The Cubbington Pear tree has stood for generations atop a hill near South Cubbington Wood in Warwickshire - on the proposed first phase of the new London to Birmingham rail route. The Woodland Trust, which runs the competition, said it received more than 10,000 votes to be hailed England's Tree of the Year.