Overview
- National Trust staff and Northumberland National Park Authority added wire-mesh netting over the existing fence to stop visitors touching the stump or leaving items on it.
- Managers say shoots recorded in 2024 offer hope for recovery, but describe the stump as extremely fragile and ask visitors to stay on the path.
- Site guidance urges people to share memories through photographs and stories, with the largest felled section available to touch at The Sill in Hexham.
- Shoots that emerged earlier in the year have dropped their leaves with the season, and the stump will be monitored while dormant over winter.
- Authorities expect to expand the enclosure before spring as new growth reaches the current fence, while noting the two men who felled the tree were jailed for more than four years in July.