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Water from this pond once pond once powered one of the largest iron works in the Weald employing over 200 men. In 1614 its owner, John Brown, was granted the monopoly of making iron and brass guns for the navy.

The site of a medieval earthworks

Although it doesn't look like much, Castle woods is a late 11th or mid 12th century earthwork motte and bailey fortress, founded by Ansgot of Burwell or Ralph de la Haye. The circular flat-topped motte, stands in the north-eastern part of a roughly circular bailey enclosure. The bailey which is divided in two wards by a broad east to west ditch, is encased by a steep sided partly wet ditch, with a counterscarp bank. On the photo, the semicircular protrusion on the bottom left corner of the wood contains the mound where the castle once stood

Formed from Tunbridge Wells Sandstone, this was once a campsite for nomadic hunters. Now popular with climbers, the outcrops are tor like and have a similar feel to the granite rocks of Devon and Cornwall.

With over 4 square miles (10.5 km2) of wild conifers and deciduous trees, Bedgebury Forest is a fantastic place to get out into the countryside. Take a little detour over to the National Pinetum if you have the time. It's one of the world's leading centres for conifer conservation and the start for many other walking and mountain biking trails through this beautiful forest.