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The woodlands of Bedfordshire cover 6.2% of the county. [2] Some two thirds of this (4,990 ha or 12,300 acres) is broad-leaved woodland, principally oak and ash. [3] A Woodland Trust estimate of all ancient woodland in Bedfordshire (dating back to at least the year 1600), including woods of 0.1 ha (0.25 acres) and upward suggests an area of 1,468 ha (3,630 acres). [4]
Puzzlewood (grid reference) is an ancient woodland site and tourist attraction, near Coleford in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The site, covering 14 acres (5.7 ha), shows evidence of open-cast iron ore mining dating from the Roman period, and possibly earlier.
Foxley Wood is a nature reserve in Foxley, Norfolk, England, the largest ancient woodland and coppice in Norfolk. The Norfolk Wildlife Trust , which manages this reserve, bought it in 1998. [ 1 ] It is 123 hectares (300 acres) in size.
Jackson Bank at Hoar Cross is a mature, mixed 80-acre (320,000 m 2) woodland still owned by the Duchy of Lancaster, which is open to the public. [11] Bagot's Wood near Abbots Bromley claims to be the largest remaining part of the forest. The National Forest is an environmental project planned to link the ancient forests of Needwood and Charnwood.
Hanger Wood is an ancient woodland and Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in the parish of Stagsden, Bedfordshire in the United Kingdom.Situated approximately one kilometre east of the village of Stagsden, the 24.12 hectares (59.6 acres) woodland was declared a SSSI in 1988, being described by Natural England as "one of the best remaining examples of wet ash-maple woodland in ...
The 211 hectares (520 acres) of ancient woodland was declared a Site of Special Scientific Interest in 1969, [3] [4] and it is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I. [5] The abundance and variety of the woodland flora and fauna is outstanding. The range of woodland flowers are especially notable. [6]
Duncliffe Wood is an ancient woodland on the summit of Duncliffe Hill, a few miles west of Shaftesbury. The area of the site is 92.16 hectares (227.7 acres), making it one of the largest ancient woodlands in North Dorset. [1] The woodland is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086
Oakley Wood is a 47 hectare (116 acre) woodland with public access situated south of Leamington Spa in Warwickshire, close to the village of Bishop's Tachbrook.The wood is a Plantation on Ancient Woodland Site (PAWS); [1] [2] that is, a site which has been continuously wooded since at least 1600, but which has more recently had much of the native broad-leaved trees felled and replaced with a ...