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2. List of ancient woods in England - Wikipedia

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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]

3. Whippendell Wood - Wikipedia

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   Whippendell Wood (or Whippendell Woods) is an ancient woodland on the edges of Watford, England, covering an area of 165.3 acres (66.9 ha). [1] It is owned and managed by Watford Borough Council. [2] It is a Site of Special Scientific Interest, and has held this status since 1954. [2]

4. Puzzlewood - Wikipedia

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   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.

5. Smith's Wood - Wikipedia

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   Smith's Wood is a suburban civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull in the West Midlands of England. It is known best for its schools and ancient woodland. The civil parish has a population of 10,476, according to the 2011 census. North Warwickshire forms its north and east boundary, Kingshurst its south, and Castle Bromwich its ...

6. Bedford Purlieus National Nature Reserve - Wikipedia

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   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]

7. Great North Wood - Wikipedia

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   The charcoal was the primary fuel for bakeries and cookhouses for hundreds of years as King Edward I banned the use of coal from the north-east of England because it produced too much smoke. In 1870, the antiquary Andrew Ducarel noted that "the town [of Croydon ] is surrounded with hills well covered with wood, whereof great store of charcoal ...