Blackberry, Rubus fruticosus
You can eat the ripe berries raw or use them with apples in pies, crumbles, jams or fruit leathers. Dried leaves can be used to make tea.
Crab apple, Malus sylvestris
Crab apples are small, hard and sour raw, but taste great when cooked in sauces, jellies, chutneys and fruit leathers. They work well with other Autumn fruits.
Wild plum, Prunus domestica
Cook the fruit in crumbles, pies and cobblers. They are good for spiced jellies, sauces, jams and curds.
Dog rose, Rosa canina
You can use the flower petals in salads and jellies. The fruit hips, full of vitamin C, can be made into syrup for pancakes or ice cream. Avoid the hairs inside the hips, they irritate the throat.
Wild strawberry, Fragaria vesca
The small fruits are a sweet foraging treat. You can eat then straight from the shrub. You can also chop them and eat with cereal, pancakes, salads etc. The dried leaves make a vitamin C rich tea.
Sweet Chestnut, Castanea sativa
Will grow into a very large tree if not coppiced. Often slender for a big tree, tapering towards the top. In woodland, it will develop a very tall, straight trunk.