What is a conker? A conker is a shiny, round, red-brown seed from a horse chestnut tree (Aesculus hippocastanum). These trees are typically found in parks, gardens and along the pavements in the UK.

Conkers attached to trees might not be ready and could still be soft in the middle, which is not good for a conker fight. In terms of the shape, Andy Eddy, gardener at the National Trust and ...

Some of these are included on the National Trust Register of Significant Trees. Native to central Asia and south-eastern Europe. Also called the conker tree, its seeds are used in the British chil ...