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... Cambridgeshire. This is because Hertfordshire and Essex have small hamlets, medieval farms, moats, intricate roads, footpaths and thick hedges. But Cambridgeshire has big villages, wide views, brick houses, flimsy hedges and few busy straight roads. These distinctive elements of character all have reasons. The enclosure acts of the 1600's had radical effects on our hedgerows and patterns in the countryside. Different land uses create distinctive forms and vegetation in the landscape. Climate and micro climates, planned countryside, ancient countryside, geology, wildlife all have effects on the land character. Woodland Woodland once covered almost of the British isles, with various vegetation being dominant in different regions. Now many things have shaped our woodlands into what they are today. Wildwood was the original woodland that existed. Thick and with varied species, with dense ground cover. Yet trees are very important in all our lives. Our country has traditionally had broadleaf deciduous trees. They evoke ...