\n A spokesperson for Hatfield Forest said: “Although many may argue that we’ve had a lovely summer, the forest and the nature it supports would disagree, and it has left us wondering what the future looks like in a warming and changing climate.”\n<\/p>\n
\n The forest is urging the public to help protect the area by following a few key rules.\n<\/p>\n
\n Visitors are asked not to light fires or use barbecues, to stay out of the lake and off the exposed lakebed, and not to move benches back under trees.\n<\/p>\n
\n (Image: National Trust)\n<\/p>\n
\n Today we had our first rainfall in what seems like a very long time.\n<\/p>\n
More about Hatfield Forest<\/p>\n
\n Hatfield Forest is an ancient National Nature Reserve near Takeley, close to Bishop\u2019s Stortford and Stansted Airport.\n<\/p>\n
\n Managed by the National Trust, it is regarded as Britain\u2019s best surviving example of an almost complete medieval royal hunting forest.\n<\/p>\n
\n (Image: National Trust)\n<\/p>\n
\n The landscape has remained largely unchanged for around 1,000 years, combining open grassland, ancient coppices, veteran oaks and pollarded hornbeams.\n<\/p>\n
\n Created as a royal hunting forest by Henry I around 1100, it was once reserved for the Crown\u2019s deer hunting.\n<\/p>\n
\n Today, visitors can explore its walking, running, cycling and riding trails, spot wildlife and discover historic features including the lake and Shell House.\n<\/p>\n
\n The forest covers more than 1,000 acres and is a Site of Special Scientific Interest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A spokesperson for Hatfield Forest said: “Although many may argue that we’ve had a lovely summer, the forest…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":749825,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-749824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=749824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749824\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/749825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=749824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=749824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=749824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}