マートルシャムの天然記念物・トップ3

信じられないほど多くの、非常に古い木々です。こんなものは見たことがありません。特に夕暮れ時は素晴らしいです。すると、ほとんど魔法のようです！

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The fencing has gone as the land owners have stopped farmi g cows for dheep as they do less enviromental damage.

A dead end for roadies but a scenic approach across the marshes towards the huge shingle bar that protects the coast.

It's a dead end for roadies as there's only one tarmacked road to it but it's a nice ride and there's the Tinto Café horsebox at the car park, which does hot drinks, sandwiches and toasties, cakes and snacks. Officially it closes at 4pm but it was still serving at 4.30 when I was there, thankfully.

Staverton Park, Suffolk, ‘a famous and awesome place of Tolkienesque wonder and beauty’, and ‘one of the best-preserved uncompartmented medieval parks’. Oliver Rackham, The History of the Countryside, 1986. It's also the location of the 'Lunch Tree' in the detectorists, magical.

Sutton Hoo is a fascinating archaeological site with a rich and immense history. It is most well-known for its Anglo-Saxon burial site, including a ship burial dating back to the 7th century. Visitors are free to roam around the site, discovering interesting exhibitions & sites along the way. There is a network of walking trails and a café on site too.

The tree itself is on private land in a small paddock. You can safely ride to the gates also used in the series and view the tree from there. I was lucky enough to meet someone working on the parkland who was happy for me to nip in and grab a quick snap.