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Cranborne lies at the heart of an ancient woodland chase; it is still relatively unspoiled. Once the headquarters of poaching gangs, Cranborne is now a peaceful venue for rambles and sightseeing.

Situated amongst beautiful woodland, the inland village of Shorwell was one of Queen Victoria's favourite excur- sions on the Isle of Wight.

Sutton Park was one of the largest in Warwickshire, over 2,000 acres of woodlands and lakes.The park made the town something of a tourist attraction.

Painswick—the 'Queen of the Cotswolds'—is situated amid glorious woodland high on the western side of the wolds.

This charming woodland parish without a village covers parts of the banks of the River Severn. The great house belonged originally to the de Ribbesfords.

The two Woodlands Schools were combined in 1978.

The two Woodlands Schools were combined in 1978.

Using local timber from the woodlands along the estuary, the shipbuilders of Bucklers Hard, who would have lived in these cottages, built at least three of the ships which fought at the Battle of Trafalgar

Many come to admire the broad village green, the leafy lanes and nearby woodland. There are places to explore, or you can just sit quietly and admire the scenery.

The lawns around the town are areas originally cleared of woodland, both to provide timber and to allow deer to graze.

The spacious bay is fringed with thick woodland.

A horse-drawn carriage takes a journey into the extensive woodlands of Cranham, Brockworth and Buckholt. A century later this is still one of the most beautiful stretches of countryside in England.

Little remains today of Shakespeare`s Forest of Arden, only isolated islands of woodland in a sea of agriculture. But the name lives on locally.

The name 'Staveley' means 'a woodland clearing where staves were to be found'. St Mary's Church was a chapelry to Cartmel Priory.

The steam ferry boat of 1870 makes its presence felt as the smoke drifts across the woodland of Claiffe Heights; it has apparently just left the slipway beside the Ferry Hotel.

This woodland on the Llangollen canal just outside the town exists today, and the canal's channel has been extensively improved.

Timber from the extensive woodland surrounding Fernhurst provided fuel for the nearby ironworks at North Park during the 17th and 18th centuries.

Clovelly hangs on the side of the hill, fringed by luxuriant woodland. Donkeys ply up and down the steep-stepped street, carrying goods on panniers.

Woodland was cleared to make way for a number of homes beside the few cottages that were already here. A church, shops and a village club all followed.

This woodland on the Llangollen Canal just outside the town exists today, and the canal's channel has been extensively improved.

Land allocated for woodland, open space, golf courses and sports facilities accounts for nearly a quarter of the New Town area.

Roman legions marched this way on the nearby Roman roads, Norman huntsmen chased the deer through the nearby woodlands and Civil War soldiers skirmished on the nearby heathlands.

A glorious patchwork of fields and woodland stretches away under huge Sussex skies.

With playing fields, a recreation area, a lake and woodlands, it is very popular with the local townspeople. There are fine views over the town and to the wooded slopes beyond.