Hiking Highlight
Recommended by 71 hikers
This Highlight is in a protected area
Please check local regulations for: Chilterns National Landscape
During Elizabethan times the country was on a state of alert, this time from the Spanish. Overshadowed by fear of invasion, fire beacons were placed along the coast as an early warning system. This network of beacon spread from Cornwall to London, and were lit at the first glance of attack. Lookouts at the next beacon saw the light, and in turn lit theirs until the message was reached.
May 8, 2018
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