A rich and varied landscape of heathland and woodland. Enjoy a natural play area with opportunities for children to climb, balance and jump.
The countryside is an area of great contrasts with extensive heathland views and secluded woodland glades. There’s always something new to see; from the breathtaking purple heathers and buzzing insects to majestic trees and strange fungi. Witley is a fungi paradise.
Wilfred Owen: his poetry
Although Owen had recognised his poetic vocation as early as 1904, and had read widely, his poetry was still largely a private affair. A New Heaven was almost certainly written at Milford, part of Camp Witley, in September of 1916. The title echoes Revelation 21:1, ‘And I saw a new heaven and a new earth’.
The second verse has an uplifting sense of triumph and glory to be gained from battle:
‘Let’s die home, ferry across the Channel! Thus
Shall we live gods there. Death shall be no sev’rance.
Weary cathedrals light new shrines for us.
To us, rough knees of boys shall ache with rev’rence.
Are not girls’ breasts a clear, strong Acropole?
There our oun mothers’ tears shall heal us whole.’
– Wilfred Owen, A New Heaven
