Lucy Pittaway Sycamore Gap Trail opening

Following the tragic felling of the famous ‘Sycamore Gap’ tree in Northumberland, Yorkshire-based artist Lucy Pittaway made a pledge to create a lasting legacy in its memory. It was a pledge which has captured the public’s imagination ever since.
She and her team came up with the idea to plant a tree for every print sold of her now iconic Sycamore Gap creation. Demand was unprecedented and thousands of prints were sold.
Collaborating with Swinton Estate, whose woodlands had been badly affected by larch tree blight, sales of Lucy’s Sycamore Gap have contributed more than 1000 trees including sycamore along with oak, rowan, hazel and other native trees, which have been planted close to the Druid’s Temple near Masham, creating the Lucy Pittaway Sycamore Gap Trail.