There is something of Kipling’s poem The Way Through the Woods about it, a past glimpsed beneath the undergrowth. The 10 best woods and forests for views Read moreWide steps, half hidden by beech leaves, descend towards the river. The wildflowers that indicate the age of this wood lie dormant for now: wood anemone, lords and ladies, bugle, wood sorrel. Photograph: AlamyKnown as Hartburn Grotto, this grade II-listed structure was created from a natural cave in 1760 by Dr John Sharpe, the vicar who landscaped these woods. It was designed as a changing room for bathers, with a slab-roofed tunnel for discreet access to the water.

Source: The Guardian December 26, 2017 09:56 UTC