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| For several centuries Ashdown Forest, in East Sussex, England, was a royal hunting ground known as Lancaster Great Park, enclosed by a pale, or fence. The position of some of the various ‘gates’ and ‘hatches’ in the pale are still reflected in the names of villages and hamlets surrounding the forest. Nowadays the forest is still used for pleasure, albeit of a gentler nature: walking, horse riding and bird watching are among the most popular activities. Ashdown Forest covers 14,000 acres of lowland heathland which has never been under the plough and so provides a unique habitat for many species of flora and fauna. |
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