Shopkeepers near the Sycamore Gap tree have been cashing in by selling merchandise one year after the landmark was chopped down.
The 200-year-old tree was felled next to Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland last September in a move which shocked and upset the nation.
Daniel Graham, 38, and Adam Carruthers, 31, both from Cumbria, were arrested in October and have been charged with criminal damage.
Down the road from what is now a tree stump, shopkeepers are selling merchandise in memory of the fallen tree.
At the Sill visitor centre, the gift shop is selling Sycamore Gap prints for £19, mugs for £12 and coasters for £5.
Lucy Hull, who runs the independent shop For the Love of the North in Whitley Bay, told The Sunday Times that the Christmas tree decoration was the most popular Sycamore Gap themed item among customers last year.
This year the shop is offering a new ‘Winter at Sycamore Gap’ range, which includes glass coasters, cards, posters, mugs and ceramic tiles.
Meanwhile, jewellery-maker Kirsty Taylor, from Corbridge in Northumberland, makes luxury pieces from seeds she collected when the tree was still standing.
Casting the seeds in silver and gold, Ms Taylor sells necklaces for £390, bracelets fpr £86 and earrings for £135, among other items.
The Sycamore Gap tree, which appeared in Kevin Costner’s 1991 film Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves, was one of the most photographed trees in the world.
People would visit the tree to get engaged, scatter the ashes of loved ones or say a prayer while suffering from cancer.
The felling of the beloved tree caused a public outcry and headlines across the world.
After the tree was chopped down, workers from the National Trust and the Northumberland National Park Authority were able to recover young seeds from the site.
Conservationists have since confirmed that the saplings are beginning to show shoots of life while they are kept at a secret location.