옥스테드‬에서 가장 멋진 ‪17‬개의 천연기념물

멋진 광경과 교통량이 적은 좋은 뒷길입니다.

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.

Deep in Kent countryside, the road is the best way to experience Bough Beech Reservoir. Its boundary is otherwise closed to the public so you are likely to see birdwatchers perched on the pavement with their binoculars trained across the water.

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.

Impressive tree and with the churchyard well worth a visit