Kingsclere 19 December 2009 0037 uc
A snow clad Cannon heath Down near Kingsclere.
This hill is covered in gallops to train race horses, and there are some particularly good views over the north Hampshire countryside. Here you can see the scrubby north-eastern slopes of Cannon Heath Down.
This is the view from the Kingsclere to Whitchurch road layby. About a mile beyond the down is Watership Down. The name "Watership Down" was not mentioned anywhere here; the large information board on the other side of the road mentions only "White Hill." The lack of "Watership Down" signs may be a deliberate policy on behalf of the local authorities. For one thing, chalk downland is a fragile environment, and it would do the area no good at all to have even more visitor's walking up and down it. However the main reason may be a more practical one - that as with the street signs in Liverpool's Penny Lane, any "Watership Down" signs would simply be spirited away by misguided "Watership Down" enthusiasts.
Kingsclere 19 December 2009 0037 uc
A snow clad Cannon heath Down near Kingsclere.
This hill is covered in gallops to train race horses, and there are some particularly good views over the north Hampshire countryside. Here you can see the scrubby north-eastern slopes of Cannon Heath Down.
This is the view from the Kingsclere to Whitchurch road layby. About a mile beyond the down is Watership Down. The name "Watership Down" was not mentioned anywhere here; the large information board on the other side of the road mentions only "White Hill." The lack of "Watership Down" signs may be a deliberate policy on behalf of the local authorities. For one thing, chalk downland is a fragile environment, and it would do the area no good at all to have even more visitor's walking up and down it. However the main reason may be a more practical one - that as with the street signs in Liverpool's Penny Lane, any "Watership Down" signs would simply be spirited away by misguided "Watership Down" enthusiasts.