Hethel Old Thorn

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| name = Hethel Old Thorn

| photo = A tiny nature reserve - geograph.org.uk - 1395410.jpg

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| type = Nature reserve

| grid_ref_UK = TG 171 005

| location = Norwich, Norfolk

| area = {{convert| 0.025 |ha|acre|abbr=off}}

| manager = Norfolk Wildlife Trust

}}

Hethel Old Thorn is a {{convert| 0.025 |ha|acre|abbr=off|adj=on}} nature reserve south-west of Norwich in Norfolk. It is managed by the Norfolk Wildlife Trust.{{cite web|url= https://www.norfolkwildlifetrust.org.uk/wildlife-in-norfolk/nature-reserves/reserves/hethel-old-thorn |title= Hethel Old Thorn |publisher= Norfolk Wildlife Trust |accessdate= 10 July 2018}}

This is the smallest wildlife trust nature reserve in Britain, consisting of one ancient hawthorn tree, which may date to the thirteenth century. In 1755 its girth was recorded as 9 feet 1 inch, and it has now decayed to a much smaller size, but it is still healthy.

File:Henry Ninham - The Hethel Thorn.jpg, from James Grigor's The Eastern Arboretum (1841)]]

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