Red leaved trees

Acer Palmatum 'bloodgood' or a copper beach but these get enormous.

Acer palmatum "Bloodgood" is actually deep brownish purple, and only gets to 16 feet, eventually. Otherwise there's Acer 'Burgundy Lace', Acer 'Chitoseyama' (spreading growth habit), eventually 10 feet tall. The most red leaved variety, though, is Acer palmatum 'atropurpureum', which gets about 10/12 feet high, and carries darkish red leaves, but more distinctly red than any of the others.

Thanks for the information. I will chase them up on Google to get more info, especially pictures.
Aint Google grand!

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Bernard

I'd recommend a red hazel, as these have beautiful purple leaves and also produce edible red coloured hazel nuts. There are also red leaved cherry plums, such as Prunus Cerasifera.
I know these are purple rather than red, but both of these are very easy to grow and do well in a variety of soils.
Purple beech is also very attractive but can be more difficult to grow.