Tree

Millionth Tree - Victoria Embankment Gardens

Inscription

This is the millionth tree of the Countryside Commission's Task Force Tree Programme, Following the October 1987 Storm. Planted in April 1990 by the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. Margaret Thatcher, FRS, MP.

Site: Millionth Tree (1 memorial)

SW1, Victoria Embankment Gardens

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Millionth Tree - Victoria Embankment Gardens

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Great Storm of 1987

In the early hours of Friday 16 October 1987 a great storm struck South East ...

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Millionth Tree - Victoria Embankment Gardens

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Task Force Trees

Countryside Commission's Task Force Tree Programme

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Margaret Thatcher

Prime Minister: 1979 - 1990. Born Grantham. MP for Finchley: 1959 - 1992. A M...

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