Who owns watership down

Turn right towards Kingsclere. At Sydmonton, there is a lovely diversion north through the red-brick paradise of handsome houses, barns and walled gardens of Sydmonton Court. You can either retrace your steps and follow the lane back to Kingsclere, or, for more Watership Down lore, take the footpath north from the estate onto a lane.

Nuthanger Farm After quarter of a mile, turned right on to the drive Watership Farm — a bustling stables. A quarter of a mile further on, at the road, look for a footpath heading south, initially running in a bridleway beside the road. This takes you to Nuthanger Farm where the Watership Down rabbits have a number of narrow escapes — and from whence their final deliverance is unleashed. But enough spoilers. The setting is lovely offset only by the newly built mock-Georgian palace next door under construction when I visited — and there was no big angry dog or hissing farm cat to greet me.

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The Wessex Downs loom tantalisingly in the distance — Watership Down is off-screen, to the right. Watership Down viewed from the west. Note the heavy tree cover on the crest of the down. There are rabbit warrens on the lower, more open slopes. The ditch of the hillfort on Ladle Hill, looking south west towards Beacon Hill.

The rabbits had a number of close scrapes at Nuthanger Farm — notably when Hazel is shot by the farmer. Frith rising over the downs. Want to be updated when there is Countryfile. Sign in to manage your newsletter preferences Sign in. Sign me up!

In a statement, Mr Rosen said: "My companies have held unchallenged rights appropriate for the making of Watership Down for nearly 50 years. Watership Down, near Ecchinswell, lies halfway between Newbury, Berkshire, where Mr Adams was born, and Whitchurch, Hampshire, where he lived until his death in Critics welcome 'toned-down' Watership.

Watership Down author Richard Adams dies. Obituary: Richard Adams. Image source, Watership Down. Image source, PA. Author Richard Adams lived near the Hampshire down.

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