TQ6230 : The Hastings Line in Snape Wood
taken 5 years ago, near to Best Beech Hill, East Sussex, England

The Hastings Line links Hastings with Tunbridge Wells and Tonbridge, then onto London Charing Cross. The line was built by the South Eastern Railway (SER) and opened fully in 1853, having been constructed in phases. Tonbridge to Tunbridge Wells opened in 1846. Tunbridge Wells to Robertsbridge opened in 1851. Robertsbridge to Battle 1852 and Battle to St Leonards (Bo Peep Junction) 1853. The line was built very quickly (and not very well) and several of the tunnels need constant maintenance even today, several of them are single track.
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Snape Wood is a 41 hectare beautiful mosaic mix of pines (old and new), coppiced chestnuts, birch, oak and other native species all criss-crossed with a network of wide sandy paths edged with heather. Birchetts wood is 12 hectares of primarily larch plantation, bordered by a meandering stream, farmland and Snape Wood. Set on a steep bank with a few wide, yet overgrown paths; not easily navigable.