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Thank you very much for your comments everyone, It's very heartening to know it's unlikely to be a massive problem any time soon. I will do as suggested and just leave it for now, it survived Eowyn so hopefully will survive many other storms too. I really appriciate the assistance in easing my mind.

Hello everyone, I have recently moved into a new house which is lucky enough to have trees in the garden. However I am very new to having a garden at all and could really do with some advice. There is a beech tree which is ~8-10m from the house (photos attached) and I am concerned that if I leave it to grow unmanged it will at some point fall on the house during a storm (I'm up north), the tree is also leaning towards the house. However, I also do not want to harm a healthy tree for no reason, wildlife and nature are incredibly important to me which is one of the reasons I wanted this house and garden in the first place. I was wondering if shortening the tree now while it is still fairly thin near the top would be less harmful to it than waiting until it is more mature then having to do so? As I said I absolutly do not know the best course of action which is why I am asking here. So what would be the best option to manage this tree so it does not become dangeous to the house in future, but also does as little harm as possible to the tree? Many thanks to anyone who takes the time to comment