Any thorns on the branches, Dovefromabove? In that case my vote is for Crataegus mollis, Downy hawthorn. Crataegus pinnatifida is another possibility. Their fruit is almost as big as a crab apple's.
Patsy - it's not my tree - it's a tree seen by a friend on another forum (also a Patsy F ) - from the info here she thinks it's probably a Whitebeam - hopefully we'll be able to confirm later in the year when we get flowers and foliage.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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Might also be a Sorbus intermedia, Swedish Whitebeam?
A pic of the inside of the fruit.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
not an apple then.
Flowerchild's suggestion rises to the top
In the sticks near Peterborough
Is that a nut inside the fruit? If so, think again! And I don't know.
The fruits of sorbus intermedia are a bit like rose hips and smaller than crab apples. I only have euros to compare, English money less familiar.
Hawthorn are like that inside. Is it a relative of that?
In the sticks near Peterborough
Any thorns on the branches, Dovefromabove? In that case my vote is for Crataegus mollis, Downy hawthorn. Crataegus pinnatifida is another possibility. Their fruit is almost as big as a crab apple's.
..I think you were right earlier with Swedish Whitebeam - Sorbus intermedia.
''S. intermedia was introduced to cultivation in 1789, and is now widely planted as an ornamental tree, especially in town streets and parks.''
..from Online Atlas of British and Irish street trees
Patsy - it's not my tree - it's a tree seen by a friend on another forum (also a Patsy F
) - from the info here she thinks it's probably a Whitebeam - hopefully we'll be able to confirm later in the year when we get flowers and foliage. 
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.