How much would one of these fetch in a garden centre? Any idea?
it can’t stay here, so it deserves a better home, anyone with s big garden want a tree?
I doubt very much if a garden centre would want it, I suggest you carefully dig it up, keeping the tap-root intact, and take it out to an area of woodland and re-plant it. It could easily grow to 35m tall, so not ideal close to a building, although they’re not uncommon in front gardens, or back gardens well away from any buildings. They do give good shade, although they can cause sticky deposits due to aphids feeding on the sap and making a sticky mess. Ants love it, and harvest it.
http://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/learn/british-trees/non-native-trees/sycamore/