The Tree Climber's Guide by Cooke, Jack -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Page Copyright Dedication Epigraph Contents Introduction The Inner Gibbon

A Short History of Climbing Trees Green Fingers A Warning to the Curious

Canals & Rivers

Brothers in Arms, Bishop’s Park The Helping Hand, Regent’s Canal The Hideout, Beverley Brook The Old Mill, Ravensbourne River The Crow’s Nest, King Edward VII Memorial Park The Sidewinder, Hertford Union Canal The Golden Fleece, Little Venice The Double Decker, Millbank Ophelia’s Treehouse, The Bow Brook The Fireman’s Pole, Meadowbank The Fish Hook, River Wandle

City Parks

The Divine Tree, Holland Park The Kraken, Clissold Park The Cracked Ash, Victoria Park Twin Peaks, Victoria Park Bristowe’s Oaks, Brockwell Park Plimpton’s Seat, Finsbury Park The Flagpole, Wandsworth Park The Tilted Tree, Ravenscourt Park The Two Towers, Ravenscourt Park House of Marvell, Waterlow Park The Enchanted Oak, Ruskin Park The Quarterdeck, Geraldine Harmsworth Park The Chartist Tree, Kennington Park The Magic Carpet, Normand Park The Guardian Tree, Crystal Palace Park The Corkscrew, Battersea Park The Strangled Oak, Battersea Park The Totem Pole, Roundwood Park The Jigsaw Tree, Burgess Park

Species Squares, Gardens & Greens

The Wooden Rose, Brunswick Square The Black Horse, Temple Gardens The Chrysalis, Fulham Palace Gardens Bishop’s Rest, Fulham Palace Gardens The Nostrils, Camberwell Green Pankhurst’s Stave, Victoria Tower Gardens The Catapult, Lincoln’s Inn Fields The Mountain Top, Horniman Museum Gardens The Vanguard Beech, Lucas Gardens The Amplifier, Canada Square The Gelding’s Tree, Golden Square

Cemeteries & Churchyards

The Three Crowns, Abney Park Cemetery The Angel Pine, Brompton Cemetery The Split Yew, All Saints Fulham John Joshua’s Lime, Hammersmith Old The False Prophet, St John’s Wood Church Grounds The Old Crutch, Kensal Green Cemetery The Black Hand, Nunhead Cemetery The Granny Pine, Paddington Old Cemetery The Pulpit, St Paul’s Cathedral Churchyard

Royal Parks

The Hermit Hole, Hyde Park The Pedestal, Kensington Gardens The High Bower, Greenwich Park The Royal Perch, St James’s Park The Tree of Knowledge, Richmond Park The Lookout, Primrose Hill Houdini’s Door, Regent’s Park

Streets, Roundabouts & Rooftops

The One-Way Willow, Swiss Cottage Roundabout Tramp’s Corner, The Mall The Spire, Highbury Island The Burnt Treehouse, Lillie Road The Flying Oak, Kensington Roof Gardens The Soldier Fig, Stratford Greenway

Seasons Open Ground

A Strange Vision, Peckham Rye The Oasis, Blackheath The Turnip Tree, Tooting Commons Lamp Post 33, Clapham Common Gwain’s Bane, Wormwood Scrubs The Talisman, Wandsworth Common The Commentary Box, Hackney Marshes The Fallen Oak, Hampstead Heath The Dule Tree, Wanstead Flats

Secret Gardens

The Bowsprit, Rosmead Garden The Holy Holm, Lambeth Palace Gardens The Widow’s Veil, Chelsea Physic Garden The Prince of Persia, Kew Gardens The Lost Dragon, Kew Gardens The Peacock Roost, The Hurlingham Club

A Night Aloft The Sprouting City Branching Out – A Tree Climber’s Glossary Acknowledgements About the Publisher