What is the famous hedge in England?
What is the famous hedge in England? The Meikleour Beech Hedge, four miles south of Blairgowrie is the longest hedge in Britain and the highest of its kind in the world. Recognised by the Guinness Book of Records as the highest hedge in the world, the Meikleour Beech Hedge was planted in 1745 and is one third of a mile long (530 m) and 100 ft (30 m) high.
What are the oldest hedges in the world?
Supporting more than 600 species of flowering plant and 10,000 species of invertebrates, including critical pollinators, Cornish hedges are thought to be some of the oldest structures on Earth that are still used for their original function of marking field boundaries.
What is the oldest hedgerow in England?
The oldest known surviving hedgerow in England is the so-called Judith's Hedge, Cambridgeshire, at over 900 years old!