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The Big Tree a sycamore tree on Albert Street in Kirkwall, Orkney. In 2017 the public voted it Scotland's Tree of the Year.

Tree of the Year 2017
In 2017, Kirkwall and St Ola Council and Andrew Richards nominated the tree to be Scotland's Tree of the Year in the Woodland Trust competition of the same name. The tree won the public vote and the prize was awarded in December 2017. It was beaten in the competition for the UK Tree of the Year by the Gilwell Oak.