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Dandy Wood, Cumbria - About 6¼ acres, £65,000
The wood is named after the old branch line running from Brampton Station into the centre of town, The Dandy, as it was locally known, closed in 1923. Today the old line forms the northeastern boundary of Dandy Wood and the sloping embankment is a green oasis of ferns, wild flowers and other shade-loving plants with larger trees growing above.
The peaceful surroundings with a mix of open space, low young trees, very tall firs and the shaded railway embankment are an ideal home for many species of birds and ground-dwelling creatures. Woodpeckers drumming and calling in spring and early summer are common sounds in the wood. Small mixed flocks of woodland birds often move through the tree canopy, feeding as they go. Trees with low branches show a browse line: this is the height a deer can reach up to and indicates the presence of deer in the woodland
Access to Dandy Wood is along shared tracks starting close to Brampton Station and passing along part of the old Dandy Line before a spur track which leads to the marked ridestop entrance. From here a level track leads to a turning circle and small parking area in the wood. Recent landscaping work has been carried out in this area leaving some clearings which could be planted or allowed to regenerate naturally with seedlings from the surrounding trees. Tree planting has taken place recently with healthy young plants now growing inside protective tree tubes and species include sweet chestnut, oak and sycamore. These planted saplings make up approximately half of the trees within the woodland: the rest are of mixed age and are attractive to birds and invertebrates. Of particular note are the very large firs which grow along the southwestern boundary and the woodland floor beneath these is home to wood sorrel and bugle. Dotted amongst the planted trees are older beech, rowan, birch, willow and sycamore. Broom and gorse provide splashes of yellow flowers and wild raspberries and foxgloves intermingle.
The railway embankment provides a shady home for many different plants, whilst some large sycamore and ash stand tall above the hawthorn, rowan and wych elm.
Brampton Station is within easy walking distance making this the perfect woodland to access by train.
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: £65,000 Freehold
- Location: Brampton, Near Carlisle, Cumbria
- Size: About 6¼ acres for sale
Large firs
Wood sorrel
Old stump with new trees planted beyond
Young beech trees which show the deer browsing line
Shared track
Wildflowers
An open area
Young sweet chestnut leaves
Shared access track
Sycamore
On the railway embankment
Seating
Ridestop entrance
Access gate close to Brampton Station
Wood access gate
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Boundaries:
The boundaries are indicated with red markings.
- The northwestern boundary follows the track and has markings on both trees and posts.
- The southwestern boundary also follows the track and has markings on both trees and posts.
- The southeastern boundary is marked on posts.
- The northeastern boundary runs along the base of the disused railway embankment and has markings on trees.
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Local manager
Lily Horseman and Tim Rowe
07733 854439
lilyandtim@woodlands.co.uk
Read more about Lily and Tim.
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.
You can also download a PDF version of these particulars, which might be useful if you want to look at them on your phone or laptop when at the wood, but can't get an internet connection there.
Location
OS Landranger: OS No 86
Grid ref: NY 543 602
Nearest post code: CA8 1HW
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
Dandy Wood is just off the A69 south of Brampton, about 20 mins from Carlisle and an hour from Newcastle.
Satnav: the postcode CA8 1HW is for the point shown by the red dot on the location maps. Satnav coordinates are: N 54 : 55 : 58 W 2 : 42 : 11
Click Here for Directions From Bing Maps enter your own postcode, (Dandy Wood coordinates are already entered) and click on the blue "Go" box. This will take you to the main gate close to Brampton Station.
Our Directions:
- locate Brampton
- And take the A689 east from the junction with the A69 Carlisle to Newcastle road.
- After a ¼ mile turn right signed for Brampton Station.
- After another ¼ mile park at the end of the road close to Brampton Station.
- Pass through the wooden pedestrian gate which leads to the station platform and turn sharp right.
- Walk parallel with the train track for 200 metres and pass through the kissing gate.
- Follow the footpath round to the right and walk for 300 metres before tuning left away from the edge of the wood.
- Dandy Wood is 250 metres along the track and to the right with its entrance a further 200 metres bearing right along this track and to the right.
Boundaries:
The boundaries are indicated with red markings.
- The northwestern boundary follows the track and has markings on both trees and posts.
- The southwestern boundary also follows the track and has markings on both trees and posts.
- The southeastern boundary is marked on posts.
- The northeastern boundary runs along the base of the disused railway embankment and has markings on trees.
Email updates for this region
Our regional managers are often out working in our woodlands, so if you email an offer and want to be sure it has been received, please phone our manager on his or her mobile phone. The first offer at the stated price which is accepted, whether by phone or email, has priority.
All woodlands are sold at a fixed price, and include free membership of the Small Woods Association and the Royal Forestry Society, as well as £300 towards paying for a course (or courses) to help with managing and enjoying your woodland.
These particulars are for guidance only and, though believed to be correct, do not form part of any contract. Woodland Investment Management Ltd hereby give notice under section 21 of the Estate Agents Act 1979 of their interest in the land being sold.
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