Forests & woodlands · South West England
Britain's temperate rainforests
Ariundle, Borrowdale, Wistman's Wood — the Atlantic oak woods of the west.
Britain has temperate rainforest — Atlantic oak woodland with mosses and liverworts that survive only in this exact climate band along the western coast. The best surviving fragments are in the Lake District, Scottish Highlands, Snowdonia and Dartmoor. This guide lists ten worth a walk.
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