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For those who didn't know, Watership Down exists. I live in England and in fact quite close. I think I was told a while ago that Richard Adams lived there and used to tell his children/grandchildren? stories about rabbits there and they asked him to write a book of them. 3nodding One of my dad's best friends lives there and we were invited to go once. I was so excited to see the real place where the story took place but we couldn't go in the end.

So i'm gonna post the real places where Watership Down took place. I hope this is interesting!

NOTE: These pictures aren't mine. Got them from the internetz. 3nodding


Sandleford Warren:




The Woods (from chap. 5):




The River Crossing:




Newton Churchyard (chap. 10):




Near Newton:




Cowslip's Warren:




Near Ecchinswell:
Apparently this place isn't mentioned in the book but the rabbits would have crossed here.

AND MORE:



Watership Down (the climb chap. 18 ):






Watership Down (Come and look, you can see the whole world!):






Watership Down (on top chap. 19):






The Hanger and the Honeycomb:





From Chapter 48, when Lucy releases Hazel (HAZEL?!):





Caesar's Belt (chap. 30):





Where Bigwig Met the Fox:

That's it I think. I hope you like them! To those who don't live in England this is probably quite a discovery. 3nodding

I'll try pestering my dad to take me so I can take pictures myself. sweatdrop

Yeah sweatdrop I asked my dad about it but he wasn't really interested *sigh*. Stupid old man D8< I demand he takes me there. xD

I was surprised to see how similar the images were to the ones in my head (or maybe the film has some influence now) but it really is amazing to see it!

Your welcome! I thought it would be quite nice to show the real settings. 3nodding

Wow, it's awesome seeing it for real!

These are just breathtaking! Thank you so much for sharing!

That's pretty awesome!