Kent County Cricket Club part in the competition again in 2018. Kent's main ground is the St Lawrence Ground in Canterbury. This ground has been used by the club since 1847 and Kent have played over 500 first-class matches at the ground. It is famous for having a tree, the St Lawrence Lime, on the playing field. The original tree, around which the ground was built, was broken in two by high winds in January 2005 and replaced by a smaller replacement lime tree later in the same year. The ground hosts the annual Canterbury Cricket Week, the oldest cricket festival in the world.
Dule tree this a favoured species for this purpose. Leith Hall dates from about 1650 and the tree was possibly planted shortly after this. A rather gaunt and heavily branched tree, the trunk measures 116 cm in diameter. At Cessnock Castle near Galston, East Ayrshire is a dule tree, a gnarled specimen of "Castanea sativa" - sweet chestnut. An old beech tree is still known as a 'gallows tree' and grows in an exposed position near Monikie in Angus. The dule tree at Cassillis Castle in South Ayrshire was blown down in a great storm during the winter of 1939-40 and when