Alice Holt Forest
A Forestry England woodland with waymarked trails, treetop courses and a cafe, once a source of Royal Navy oak.
From King's Cross St Pancras: 2 h 5 min by train · 1 h 56 min by car
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Time there: 2–4 h
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From the 1770s the forest was mainly used to grow oak for the Royal Navy.
Roman kilns here made so much pottery that it supplied up to 60% of what has been found at Staines and London.
There are over 8 miles of waymarked trails, Go Ape treetop courses, Gruffalo sculptures and a cafe.
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