5 OF THE BEST... places to find the Green Man

CANTERBURY SHARP EYES WILL SPOT 70 GREEN MEN IN THE CAVERNOUS CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL, OFTEN DESCRIBED AS “ENGLAND IN STONE” (CANTERBURY-CATHEDRAL.ORG).

ROSLIN GLEN PLAY ‘SPOT THE GREEN MAN’ AT ROSSLYN CHAPEL (RIGHT), WHERE 100 CARVINGS DEPICT HIM AS THE SEASONS, FROM SPRIGHTLY SPRING TO WIZENED WINTER (ROSSLYNCHAPEL.COM).

BRECON THE LARGEST IMAGE OF THIS PAGAN SYMBOL

IN THE WORLD, THE GREEN MAN MAZE AT PENPONT WAS DESIGNED ON A GRID OF SACRED GEOMETRY (PENPONT.COM).

LONDON SPRING’S SENTINEL POPS UP FOUR TIMES ON THE WROUGHT-IRON ELIZABETH GATE AT KEW GARDENS (KEW.ORG).

HASTINGS THE JACK-IN-THE-GREEN MAY DAY FESTIVAL INCLUDES A PROCESSION ENDING WITH THE ‘SLAYING OF JACK’ TO ‘RELEASE THE SPIRIT OF SUMMER’ (HASTINGSJITG.CO.UK).