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Sheffield's unique woodland resource - the city is the best-wooded city in the country with about 80 ancient woods within its boundaries - also received an important shot in the arm in 1999 when

It is believed that in 1642 there were few trees and no woods on Edge Hill.

It is believed that in 1642 there were few trees and no woods on Edge Hill.

The view across the river from the wooded slopes of Pelaw Wood is magnificent. In the distance are the cathedral and the castle, and below is the former race course alongside the river.

This view could be Cofton Woods, Pinfield Wood or Lickey Warren, among others.

This view could be Cofton Woods, Pinfield Wood or Lickey Warren, among others.

Porter Brook meanders its way from Forge Dam and skirts one edge of Whiteley Woods and Bingham Park before descending over the weirs into Endcliffe Wood.

As early as the 10th century, this vast tract of wooded landscape was known as 'sher wood', meaning 'the wood belonging to the county or shire', and by the 12th century it was a royal forest subject

A swannery lay on the wooded islet in the pear-shaped lake, and a paddling pool was added later. The extensive dockland area lay out of sight behind the wooded hill and the power station.

In the Sixties 100,000 visitors a year were holidaying at Rockley Sands Caravan Park; it covered some 600 acres of harbourside heathland and pine wood.

Stoke Park Wood lies to the east of Bishopstoke.

They were built in 1798 by Richard Pringle for John Wood of Beadnell Hall, and it was Wood who also extended the harbour for the export of lime and coal.

In the 16th century John Leland described King's Norton as 'a pretty uplandish town in Worcs ... good plenty of wood and pasture ...' The woods and pasture have gone, but some greenery remains.

As a break from a succession of market towns, the route heads north-west to Buckland St Mary, situated just north of the A303 and at the east end of the well-wooded Blackdown Hills.

Known as Wood Green High School today, the former boys' school was founded in 1924 at Wood Green Lodge, on a site which is now overshadowed by the M6 motorway.

Taken from the edge of Parsonage Woods to the north of the town, this view, almost unchanged today, looks past the cornfield towards the historic market town nestling in its Chiltern valley.

In the 16th century John Leland described King's Norton as 'a pretty uplandish town in Worcs ... good plenty of wood and pasture ...' The woods and pasture have gone, but some greenery remains.

It was originally named King's Circus; work started in February 1754, but Wood himself died in May and the work had to be completed by his son, John Wood the Younger.

Looking south-eastwards from Abbotsbury Hill to Abbotsbury Gardens in Stavordale Wood (right) and Cleverlawns (centre).

At the top of the town Brunel's Great Western Railway crossed the broad wooded valley on a mighty viaduct. Here primroses and bluebells grow in profusion in the pretty College Woods.

This photograph shows the junction of the High Street with Wood Street to the right. We can see the squat tower of St Bartholomew and All Saints' church rising over the roofs.

The view of fields, fells, woods and rocky outcrops draws visitors, retired people, and naturalists looking for limestone pavements, such as the one in Eaves Wood.

Sandsend is about three miles from Whitby, situated at the mouth of Sandsend Wyke; the village is almost hidden from view because of the mighty cliffs and Mulgrave Wood nearby.

('Wat' is a dialect word for a hare, and 'tun' a word for a barrel.) Near Watton is Wayland Wood, the traditional site of the original murders behind the pantomime story of the Babes in the Wood.