周辺の天然記念物・トップ14

A great place for a walk before paying a visit to the Garnon Bushes pub in Coopersale!🙂

This deer sanctuary is home to a population of fallow deer and is located on the edge of Epping Forest. The sanctuary is part of Epping Forest's long history of deer conservation, dating back to medieval times when the forest was a royal hunting ground.

An Iron Age hill fort and camp now within Epping Forest. It would have been busier here in around 500BCE when the camp was inhabited. The earth works which are still visible consist of a low bank and ditch encircling about 10 acres (4 hectares), this would have been the edge of the main camp.

It's often possible to spot the Deer Sanctuary's fallow deer inhabitants from the trails in this part of Epping Forest. Once a Royal hunting forest, Epping has had a long association with deer. The increase in road traffic through the forest in the 1950s meant deer were often getting hit by cars. The sanctuary was set up in 1959 to protect them.

An Iron Age hillfort once stood here, in the northern reaches of Epping Forest. The earthworks are still clearly visible and would have protected an area of 11 acres (4.5 hectares). The legend goes that Boudica's last stand against the Romans occurred here, though there's no actual evidence that this is the case.

The New River, an aqueduct that supplies 8% of London's water, originally started here at Chadwell Spring. The source is now to the west at New Gauge.

Deer sightings not guaranteed! (Although we did spot a few does in the distance.)

Chadwell Spring is the original source of the New River, a water supply aqueduct that provides 8% of London's water. Today, the New River begins slightly to the west, at New Gauge. Chadwell Spring still provides up to 4.3 megalitres of water every day. The water rises up a 98-foot (30 m) circular basin, which is known as the 'banjo'. A stone monument adorns the circumference of the basin and is inscribed with historical dates and river distances.