Sycamore Gap Sunset

The classic view of the Gap on a late summer evening, the tree in full leaf and centred in the dip as the sky softens to peach and coral behind it. Walkers on the ridge and a lone figure by the trunk show the scale of the crags, with the Wall running down both shoulders.

The sycamore at Sycamore Gap stood in a dramatic dip in Hadrian's Wall near Crag Lough, and for decades it was the most photographed tree in England. It was felled in September 2023, an act that was mourned far beyond Northumberland, which makes photographs of the tree in its landscape all the more treasured now. Every print here was made while it stood.