Out on the wily, windy moors, Chingford Plain edging Epping Forest isn’t an obvious romantic getaway. A ten-minute train hop from London’s Zone 3, Epping Forest is convincingly rural and wild. Cattle ...

An over 300-year-old tree which inspired the cottage in the Brambly Hedge books, has been discovered in Epping Forest. It is a distinctive crab apple tree, which was at the heart of Jill Barklem's ...