WORKERS were called in to clear up after the main stem of a large tree snapped off in Wellington Park on Monday.

The tree team were sent in after part of the western red cedar tree close to the park keeper’s lodge snapped off.

Arboricultural manager with Taunton Deane Borough Council Mark Holloway said the tree, which was at least 100 years old, had been used as a climbing tree by generations of children.

“I think it was the recent storms that damaged it. It’s a shame, but it’ll live on.”

Lateral pruning will be carried out at a later date to conserve the remaining stems.