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Emperors Wood, Somerset - About 10 ½ acres, £59,000
A well-maintained woodland track built by Napoleonic prisoners of war at the beginning of the nineteenth century brings you to the entrance to Emperors Wood. From here woodland rides wind their way through the ferns and flowering gorse and pass through hidden glades ideal for undisturbed camping trips. This wood has a secluded feel, perched high on the Blackdown Hills, surrounded by miles of rich farmland. The absence of roads running immediately next to the wood has encouraged retiring wildlife species - both stoat and roe deer are common sightings here.
Following the rides through the trees at Emperors Wood brings you to a magnificent viewing point from where a panorama spreads beneath. The level ground gently gives way to a more open area and the track descends the hillside before once again returning to an area of dense broadleaf woodland with some grand oak and beech specimens.
The diversity of Emperors Wood provides habitat for many different plant types from the flowering gorse of the open areas to the fragile woodland flowers that thrive in the glades of the beechwood.
Emperors Wood provides the ideal opportunity for replanting of native species on open ground and regeneration of the existing established wooded areas.
From Emperors Wood The Wellington Monument can be seen standing proud at 175 feet tall on the highest point of the Blackdown Hills. It was built in honour of Sir Arthur Wellesley, the first Duke of Wellington, to commemorate his victory at Waterloo.
During the Napoleonic Wars (1799 -1815), over 100,000 French prisoners of war were held captive in Britain. Unlike eighteenth-century prisoners of war, prisoners of the Napoleonic Wars remained captive for the duration of the conflict and were widely put to task to provide cheap labour for construction projects such as the access track to Emperors Wood that still survives today.
Nearby, Wellington is a small country town standing between the River Tone and the Blackdown Hills that has a range of local services for the woodland visitor.
The purchasers of the woodland will be asked to enter into a covenant to ensure the quiet and peaceful enjoyment of adjoining woodlands and meadows.
- Price: £59,000 Freehold
- Location: Ford Street, Wellington, Somerset
- Size: About 10 ½ acres for sale
An amazing panorama awaits
Dense birch at Emperors Wood
The newly upgraded access track
Ash, holly and beech woods to be discovered
Welcome to Emperors Wood
A hidden pathway meanders through a clearing
Open farmland borders Emperors Wood
The Wellington Monument on the skyline
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Boundaries:
Boundaries are indicated by blue markings on posts and trees.
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How to find this woodland
You are welcome to visit this wood by yourself - please take these sales details with you, and do remember to check that it is still available. If you have seen the woodland and wish to be accompanied on a second more detailed visit please contact our local manager.
Local manager
Daniel Sharp
01225 859607 or 07780 900192
daniel@woodlands.co.uk
Read more about Daniel.
Location
OS Landranger: OS No 193
Grid ref: ST 164 176
Nearest post code: TA21 9PD
Maps
- See our map of the area below.
- See our detailed map below.
- See Ordnance Survey map of the area from Bing maps
- See aerial photos of the area from Google maps
Directions
From the southbound carriageway, exit at Junction 26 of the M5 and take the first exit. You will come immediately to a T- junction; turn right here and follow the the road for approximately 1 mile after which you will reach another T-junction. From here turn left and continue through the village of Ford Street and a mile or so further on you will come to a cross roads. Turn left here and the entrance to Emperors Wood is marked by a locked gate and signboard on your left after approximately 250 metres. You can park here and continue along the woodland track by foot to Emperors Wood.
Sat Nav / GPS note: The postcode TA21 9PD is for the point shown on the location map by the red dot.
Boundaries:
Boundaries are indicated by blue markings on posts and trees.
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