>>2280461The south is very densely populated, so you won't find any 'wilderness' as such and will have to make efforts to avoid people especially when wild camping. In east anglia, there are a few big coniferous plantation forests, those being: thetford, the biggest one and one of the biggest forests in england, dunwich wood, captain's wood and rendlesham wood. Thetford has some more remote spots, but beware of a shooting range in the southernmost part and to the northeast of the forest there is some kind of military training site idk. The latter 3 forests are closer to the coast which is a nice place but they are smaller and also more likely to encounter people or be moved on. There are a few nice places in kent, but mostly just medium and small sized native forests such as the blean woods north of canterbury. you also have the weald across sussex and kent which is an area with alot of tiny forests very close to eachother and some quite big ones. These woods are mostly ancient woodland and it is a very ideal english country location though not that wild. South downs and surrey hills are obviously nice, but very busy. Should be ok for a wild camp though as long as you pitch late and leave early. Generally (hills) AONB areas are pretty nice but not all that wild and very touristy. New forest in hampshire is (i believe) the biggest native (albeit mixed with conifer plantation woodland) forest, and also has a large area of heathland/ moorland around it. It is a very beautiful forest and you can get really deep into the woods, but it is very popular and alot of the trails etc are very wide and almost gardened. New forest is probably the best /out/ location in the south and wild camping is tolerated as long as you dont get caught lighting a fire. Despite its name, new forest is a very ancient forest and it was first established as a royal forest by william the bastard by clearing several farmsteads from the area.
>Picrel is new forest 