Aesculus hippocastanus;'Horse Chestnut'

 Horse Chestnut is a deciduous Tree growing to 30 meters at a fast rate with a domed crown of stout branches. On old trees the outer branches are often pendulous with curled-up tips.It prefers a deep loamy well-drained soil but is not too fussy tolerating poorer drier soils, also exposed positions and atmospheric pollution.

  This tree is located in Manor Park, Glossop, near a small stream. The soil here looks moist but well-drained.With couple of other Horse Chestnut trees it forms a line on the one side of the stream.

  

Bark is greyish-brown and often flakes away in large scales.

The leaves are opposite and palmately compound, with 5–7 leaflets.Each leaflet is 13–30 cm long, making the whole leaf up to 60 cm across, with a 7–20 cm petiole. The leaf scars left on twigs after the leaves have fallen have a distinctive horseshoe shape, complete with seven "nails".

The flowers are usually white with a small red spot; they are produced in spring in erect panicles with about 20–50 flowers on each panicle.
Fruits are developed inside a green spiky shell, containing one nut-like seeds called conkers or horse-chestnuts.