"[...] one of the largest remaining tracts of unenclosed pasture land, heathland and forest in Southern England, covering southwest Hampshire and southeast Wiltshire. It was proclaimed a royal forest by …
The name, Telegraph Hill, was given to this spot after it was used as a semaphore station from 1795. Before then, it was called Plowed Garlic Hill. No sign of …
RSPB Franchises Wood is a 1,000-acre woodland with heath and rare plants. Franchises Wood is a bridge between Langley Wood National Nature Reserve (north) and the New Forest Special Protection …
The nature reserve was part of a group of Royal Forests until the 16th century when, unlike the New Forest, they declined and reverted to farmland and landscaped parks.