Search Results

Billy Banks Wood, prominent in views from Castle Walk, is ancient 'hanging' woodland clinging to limestone rock on the south bank of the River Swale just west of Richmond Castle.

The name Hest comes from 'hyrst' (a copse or wood), and the name was first recorded in 1184.

Although the Broad is well wooded, this is a typical quiet creek, fringed with reed, fen sedge, and a multitude of plants which attract birds, butterflies and insects.

Hollands Wood is close to the village, and here there are pleasant ponds. There are attractive cottages in Brockenhurst, and some are thatched.

South of the A39, we climb from lush pastures towards Exmoor and the well-wooded Holnicote Estate and Dunkery Hill, much of which are owned by the National Trust.

This is a fine example of Bridport`s eastern countryside, with the Dorset Downs falling away into the Marshwood Vale (far left) from the heights of Eggardon Hill and woods of Knowle Hill (left), in

Set in remote and well-wooded rolling countryside west of and utterly remote from Crawley, Rusper has a gently curving main street with many good houses and cottages.

This area had been regarded as a holiday resort, and had been known as Wood-end 150 years before. The square tower, centre, is St Mary's Church, built in 1908.

Here we see a rural scene in a fold of the Downs - now much more wooded and obscured by trees. A stack yard is in the foreground, with round and rectangular corn ricks.

The diarist John Evelyn described the 'delicious streames and venerable Woods' around Wotton.

When Windsor was besieged by the Dauphin of France in 1216, part of its defences were still wood and earth, though in 1221 its castellan Engelard de Cigogne was authorised to commence a series of works

Almost certainly a race or regatta is in progress, as the distinctive boats of the Royal Windermere Yacht Club pose gracefully against the wooded shoreline.

Lovers' Lane was glorious with bluebells and wood anemones in spring.

The Cromwell, with its illuminated fish pond in the forecourt, was a popular stopping place for travellers; among its famous regulars was Sir Henry Wood, the musical conductor and founder of the Albert

Lyme Regis is only a mile away, beyond the next bend, but lies hidden behind the woods at the Holm Bush and what is now National Trust land at Ware Cliffs (top left).

Thank goodness for signposts, as they were (and still are) a necessity when travelling though these rural areas.

The north-east quarter of Overstone Park is heavily wooded.

The original castle was built of wood, but it was replaced with stone in the early 12th century, probably by Henry I after he had confiscated the fortress from Robert de Belleme.

Today, however, the valley is thickly wooded and it would be impossible to hold a concert here. Instead the hill is now an important nature reserve.

'Leah' is, however, a Saxon name for a clearing in a wood. Cromwell Cottage on the right gets its name as Cromwell's men were stationed there when he was in the area in 1657.

Bolton Abbey is rich in prospects for the artistic eye: there are the stepping stones across the river, the deep green hanging woods, the lively bubbling waters, and the ancient stones of the abbey itself

Not far from Stroud, the village of Chalford clings to the steep wooded hillside of the Golden Valley.

Still pleasantly rural, with views of woods and the distant Bowland Fells, this village stands near Wennington Hall, where Peter Hesketh, founder of Fleetwood-on-Wyre was born.

This is a fine example of Bridport`s eastern countryside, with the Dorset Downs falling away into the Marshwood Vale (far left) from the heights of Eggardon Hill and woods of Knowle Hill (left),