Kevin Costner and Morgan Freeman stopped there on their way to Nottingham after landing on the South Coast.
Obviously Google Maps was a bit less reliable back then.
https://www.itv.com/news/tyne-tees/2023-09-28/world-famous-sycamore-gap-tree-believed-to-have-been-deliberately-felled
Famous tree, featured in films (Robin Hood) and generally just very well-known and loved, and some twat has cut it down overnight.
What is wrong with some people?!