옥스테드‬에서 가장 멋진 ‪17‬개의 천연기념물

멋진 정원과 카페, 피크닉 장소

Worth stopping off to look at the ancient yew tree.

Lovely little spot to rest up and realise how small and insignificant we are.

It's the highest point of the Downs and there are some helpful interpretation boards about the history of the area.

From this spot there are brilliant views of the London skyline on a clear day. The Millenium Cairn has direction pointers on top so you can identify what you are looking at. Although beware, the cairn was erected in 2000 so there are now so many more buildings to be seen.

This is part of the London LOOP, section 5, Hamsey Green to Coulsdon South: https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/walking/hamsey-green-to-croydon

It was here, under this oak tree, that William Pitt the Younger met with William Wilberforce and began the process of abolishing the slave trade in 1787. The tree that stands is actually a replacement, and the original dead trunk lies next to it.

Thought to be 4,000 years old, possibly making it the oldest yew tree in the country. The trunk is hollow with a wooden door in it, placed there sometime after 1820. Located close to St Georges' Church in Crowhurst.