Ludshott Common and Waggoners Wells

It is described as being under the lordship of Hugh de Port in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it was listed as comprising 10 households; in 1066 the overlord had been King Edward the Confessor.

[13] Ludshott Common owes its present state to the traditional use made of common land by local people: to graze their cattle, pigs, sheep, and ponies and to collect gorse, heather, wood, and bracken for fuel, and for animal bedding and winter fodder.

The land was acquired by the National Trust in 1908 in response to the growing pressure from housing development in Headley Down.

[14] During the Second World War in the 1940s, Ludshott Common was used as a tank manoeuvres training ground, and the heather was largely turned to mud.

Further serious fires occurred in 1969 and 1976, the latter being the worst ever known in Hampshire, spreading rapidly and burning 600 acres (2.4 km2), lasting eight days.

Catch and release fishing for carp, roach, tench, perch and other species is a popular pursuit,[17] as is nature rambling and birdwatching.

The house situated at the bottom of the ponds is Summerden and is a private residence of the National Trust warden of the area.

Near it is a wishing well, mentioned by Flora Thompson in her writings of the locality, and recorded by a National Trust plaque as being the place at which Alfred, Lord Tennyson was inspired to compose his short poem Flower in the Crannied Wall.

The gatefold photo of Fleetwood Mac's 1973 album Penguin was shot on location at Waggoners Wells.