It feels like a joke, but hedges would actually be a serious problem in large parts of the country - the areas defined as 'ancient' rather than 'planned' countryside (i.e. where the open fields system never developed). The Norman bocage (a very similar landscape) was enough of a nuisance for the Allies after D-Day and in that case those defending (obviously) did not have the support of the population.
...and then Your jungle, the agglomerations with their endless series of terraced houses - no chance, at least not for a continental...