Woodland Royalty

Many UK woods have royal connections, intriguing regal links and are former royal hunting forests.

	Rockingham Forest, Northamptonshire One of the last remnants of this royal forest is Geddington Chase. Here two robbers, who had relieved Mary Queen of Scots of her valuables, made their escape and hid their treasure.
	Epping Forest, Essex Home of The Great Standing which was commissioned by Henry VIII in 1543. The platform was refurbished for Elizabeth I in 1589 and is now known as the Queen Elizabeth Hunting Lodge.
	Achray Forest, Stirling, Scotland The Forestry Commission designated the park as a Forest Park to mark the coronation of Queen Elizabeth I in 1953.
	Savernake Forest, Wiltshire Henry VIII made many visits to Savernake as he was a keen deer-hunter. He also had a short stay here shortly after the execution of Queen Anne Boleyn in 1536.
	Hatfield Forest, Essex Hatfield has been given away and taken back by the crown a few times. Notably though, Henry VIII beheaded the 3rd Duke of Buckingham to regain it and Elizabeth I granted it to Sir Richard Rich who then sold it.

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