I am raising money for Fenns Forests and Fields instead of asking for presents because the forests are getting cut down and there aren’t very many places for tree animals to survive, like squirrels and deer.

The Land of the Fanns covers a diverse area of 185 square kilometres from east London to south west London. The five year Land of the Fanns Landscape Partnership Scheme has sought to to restore, discover and celebrate this area, one of the last remaining original landscapes of London as it once was.

A new essay by social historian Ken Worpole, photographs by artist Tamara Stoll and contributions from artist and walker Ali Pretty, demonstrate their appreciation of the people, places and stories of the Fanns. Worpole's essay celebrates the intriguing place that is the Land of the Fanns: a complex landscape, dissected by roads, rail, and industry that straddles the London and Essex border. This division has meant that local communities, proud and attached to their own part of the landscape, have never seen that landscape acknowledged and celebrated as anywhere worthwhile or meaningful.