Complex sentence: Two large areas of public woodland surround the village (Hamstreet Woods and Orlestone Forest) and the Royal Military Canal, the UK's third longest defensive structure, passes by half a mile to the south.
Split into simpler sentences: Two large areas of public woodland surround the village, namely Hamstreet Woods and Orlestone Forest. The Royal Military Canal, the UK's third longest defensive structure, passes by half a mile to the south.