Tree, tree, what might you be?

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I think it might a toughie. I don't understand all the questions on the tree identifier websites. They have suggested Pride of India and Japanese pagoda tree, but neither looks quite right. Definitely deciduous. Trunk a bit contorted, very small leaves. More pics to follow.

Another pic

Final pic

Download the Picture This app. You take a photo of the leaves or flower and it'll tell you in seconds what it is. Very useful.

Or Leaf Snap app - works very well.

Not an expert by a long shot, but my best guess is a Hornbeam.

OP, can you see any seeds? Or debris from seeds?

I'll look for seeds next time I'm out. Picture this says it's a type of elm and I'm not buying it, unfortunately it doesn't have any sense of scale.

Picture this thinks everything is an elm. It's amazing that it works at all, but it is not infallible.

I think the leaves are too small for hornbeam, unless you get varieties with dinky leaves.

TBF the leaves in our hornbeam hedging plants are a similar size....

Ah, okay. I'll take a closer look at hornbeams then.

The asymmetric leaf bases are very suggestive of elm.

Try Ulmus minor to start with.

Could it be a silver birch

There are lots of elms about, they just don't tend to grow to full-sized trees since Dutch elm disease.

It's an elm, I reckon. I agree with @MereDintofPandiculation that it's probably the English elm, Ulmus minor but could be a regional variety.

Whereabouts in the country are you?

Try using the google app as well, that works better for me than the plant ID apps I’ve tried.

...or alternatively, rely on the pairs of eyes and the knowledge and expertise of the people who have answered the question, and positively identified it as an elm.

Sorry @yamadori, I haven't answered your question. I'm in Edinburgh. The thing is a couple of quite knowledgeable people came round and helped identify lots of stuff on the garden, but they were stumped by this tree. I initially thought if it was elm they would have recognised it. But no one's infallible and quite a few people have said ulmus minor now!

Oh gosh I’m sorry I dared to offer a suggestion that isn’t a vote in the hornbeam vs elm discussion. I thought it might help OP in the future. I thought this was a less snooty and dictatorial corner of MN, clearly I misread the room.

Is it a twisted Hazel?
www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/trees/contorted-hazelnut/contorted-filbert-tree.htm

ooh tree fight

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ooh tree fight

Is there a partridge in it?

[quote AdamRyan]Is it a twisted Hazel?
www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/trees/contorted-hazelnut/contorted-filbert-tree.htm[/quote]
No.