Tag: Woodland walk

  • A visit to Savernake forest

    Savernake forest lies just south of Marlborough in Wiltshire. It is the largest privately owned forest in England and has belonged to the same family for 32 generations since the Norman conquest. The first mention of a Safernoc woodland was made in 934 in the written records of King Athelstan, grandson of Alfred the great.…

  • Westonbirt Arboretum: Going for gold, my favourite autumn walk

    Westonbirt Arboretum: Going for gold, my favourite autumn walk

    One of my favourite local places to visit at this time of year is Westonbirt Arboretum, which is in Gloucestershire about four miles from Tetbury.  An Arboretum is a word for a collection of trees and Westonbirt has 15,000 of them including 2,500 different types.   The collection was started in 1850 by Robert Holford,…