周辺の天然記念物・トップ5

Located within a quiet area of the golf course, lovely bit of history and located honoured to those fallen

During WWI, Berkhamsted was used by troops to train for trench life on the continent. They would live in a nearby tented camp, stand parade on Kitchener’s Field, and trained on Berkhamsted and Northchurch Commons. These were officers from the Inns of Court Officers Training Corp., otherwise known as The Devil’s Own. These officers dug 13 miles of trenches here in training for the real thing that they would shortly face opposite enemy lines. These days there is an information board here, a memorial, and of course the trenches.

East of Aldbury, there is a very large and very green area: lots and lots of very lovely woodland (including many bluebells in the warmer months): Aldbury Common and Berkhamsted Common. Lots and lots of public footpaths to choose from, and all well-maintained for walkers of varying degrees of stamina and experience. Enjoy!

This is a lovely place to have your rest at. The Common (the green) is, apparently, one of the 200 such commons in the Chiltern Hills. The beacon/brazier was erected here to commemorate Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth's Golden Jubilee in 2002. The Crown (the pub) is here to serve you if you'd like some food and/or drink.

Chipperfield Common is a 117-acre (47 ha) area of former heathland that has developed into beautiful woodland since grazing stopped here in the 1930s. There are a quintet of ponds on the common, as well as eight ancient sweet chestnut trees. Evidence of a Neolithic history can be seen in the form of two Bronze Age burial mounds.

A site of Special Scientific Interest, this pit contains a lower layer of marine beach gravel from when the North Sea extended westward across South-East England.