The Waterloo plantation on Wotton Hill above Wotton-under-Edge on the Cotswold Way.

At the top of Wotton Hill are trees surrounded by a stone wall. The plaque on the gates reads: Trees were planted here in 1815 to commemorate the victory at Waterloo. They had become thin by the end of the Crimean War and were felled for a bonfire. This walled enclosure was erected and the site replanted with trees to commemorate the Jubilee of Her late Majesty Queen Victoria (1887), following the burning on this spot of one of a chain of celebration beacons which then spanned the country. Interplanted with new trees in 1952 by subscription of :- The family of the late Rev James Hardyman, the family of the late W J Williams Esq., Mrs A G Bury, Brig & Mrs Alan Durrant, A H Jotcham, Esq., Wotton-under-Edge Traders Association, Wotton-under-Edge Town Trustees.

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At the top of Wotton Hill are trees surrounded by a stone wall. The plaque on the gates reads: Trees were planted here in 1815 to commemorate the victory at Waterloo. They had become thin by the end of the Crimean War and were felled for a bonfire. This walled enclosure was erected and the site replanted with trees to commemorate the Jubilee of Her late Majesty Queen Victoria (1887), following the burning on this spot of one of a chain of celebration beacons which then spanned the country. Interplanted with new trees in 1952 by subscription of :- The family of the late Rev James Hardyman, the family of the late W J Williams Esq., Mrs A G Bury, Brig & Mrs Alan Durrant, A H Jotcham, Esq., Wotton-under-Edge Traders Association, Wotton-under-Edge Town Trustees.