8 VISIONS OF OLD ENGLAND

The High Weald of Kent Joe Pontin, BBC Countryfile Magazine features editor

A patchwork of green pastures and ancient woodland covers the rolling hills of the High Weald. On high land there are heaths and high sandstone outcrops and shady ravines called gills, where rare ferns grow. Descend to glimpse an old England you thought had vanished: medieval villages, the gleaming castles of Bodiam and Hever, and the gardens of Sissinghurst and Great Dixter (pictured).