On the real Watership Down, rabbits are hard to come by

Numbers may be at an all time low as a new adaptation of the novel hits our TV screensThe real Watership Down is not hard to find.In the introduction to his book, Richard Adams helpfully gives the Ordnance Survey map reference - sheet 174. Once located on paper, long-remembered names jump from the map: Nuthanger Farm, Ashley Warren and Honeycomb are all there. It was the multitude of rabbits found on this little square of England that inspired Adams to write Watership Down. Continue reading...