Please help me identify this tree

[WyldFyre]

I think it's a Rowan but the leaves aren't quite like the one I have in my garden and the berries are more orange than red

Mountain Ash?

Mountain ash is just another name for Rowan is it not?

There are many kinds of rowan! If it's a street tree, it could well be sorbus aucuparia 'sheerwater seedling'.

Ok. I've only ever seen the bright red kind

This might help you identify it!

www.gardenaction.co.uk/trees/rowan-mountain-ash/sorbus-other-species.asp

Looks like a crab apple tree to me. We have one with red berries in our garden (there is another variety with orange/yellow berries).

The leaves certainly look like Rowan. My DC's school has about 10 rowans in the car park and the berries are all different colours from yellow through orange to red, I think one of them might have pink berries.

Oh how lovely timtam - it sounds as though they've deliberately planted different ones. I think it might be sorbus pseudohuphensis that has pink berries!

In folklore, rowan gave mighty protection from witches. So good to know your DCs are safe from spells cast from a broomstick

Yes it is a Rowan - and what's more the berries can be made into jellies.

Ignore my previous message about bloody crab apple trees ! We bought a few young trees last year for our garden but I can't remember what they are so searched my phone and found a list of them, with the top one saying crab apple with red fruit. If I'd have red a bit more I would have seen that we also have a pretty tree with red berries that makes a lovely jam!! So looks like we also have a Rowen tree too as looks exactly the same - thanks OP as I didn't have the name of that tree!!

Oh *emus - please don't worry, I'm constantly getting stuff wrong!

I didn't know about rowan berry jelly before this thread - I learn so much from this forum!

Sorry, didn't know that, only ever heard them called Mountain Ash

And you were right as well ginger!!

That is a Sorbus, looks like the variety 'Joseph Rock' to me (but there are a few yellow-berried varieties). There are also pink-berried varieties like 'Pink Pagoda', so it's worth looking at a few rowans, just in case there's more you like better . They're mostly quite compact trees so ideal for gardens...