diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fa82c5ab1a..f852ea6d5a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 ### Added
 
+- Added `TreeNode.parent` -- a read-only property for accessing a node's parent https://github.com/Textualize/textual/issues/1397
 - Added public `TreeNode` label access via `TreeNode.label` https://github.com/Textualize/textual/issues/1396
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/src/textual/widgets/_tree.py b/src/textual/widgets/_tree.py
index e7ac669dc9..39b63a0376 100644
--- a/src/textual/widgets/_tree.py
+++ b/src/textual/widgets/_tree.py
@@ -121,6 +121,11 @@ def id(self) -> NodeID:
         """NodeID: Get the node ID."""
         return self._id
 
+    @property
+    def parent(self) -> TreeNode[TreeDataType] | None:
+        """TreeNode[TreeDataType] | None: The parent of the node."""
+        return self._parent
+
     @property
     def is_expanded(self) -> bool:
         """bool: Check if the node is expanded."""
diff --git a/tests/tree/test_tree_node_parent.py b/tests/tree/test_tree_node_parent.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..90353ea92a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/tree/test_tree_node_parent.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+from textual.widgets import TreeNode, Tree
+
+def test_tree_node_parent() -> None:
+    """It should be possible to access a TreeNode's parent."""
+    tree = Tree[None]("Anakin")
+    child = tree.root.add("Leia")
+    grandchild = child.add("Ben")
+    assert tree.root.parent is None
+    assert grandchild.parent == child
+    assert child.parent == tree.root