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Bear Wood - SOLD, Essex - About 3 ½ acres, £39,000
An enchanting ancient woodland located close to the attractive village of Wickham Bishops . As you approach Bear Wood along the woodland track you already get the feeling that you are somewhere special.
A wonderful mix of mature oak, hornbeam, sweet chestnut and ash with the occasional conifer trees. Carpeted with an amazing display of Bluebells in the spring, Bear Wood is an excellent example of a varied broadleaf woodland with lots of native flora.
A haven for wildlife - badgers, muntjac deer and foxes are often seen. A recent survey counted over thirty different birds that inhabit this area.
In the past, hornbeam and sweet chestnut have been successfully coppiced here. Three sides of the wood’s rectangular ground-plan are bounded by private woodland, while the northern edge looks out over views of open farmland. The access track is good and passes through other areas of private woodland.
Bear Wood is conveniently located - just ten minutes from the A12 and 30 miles from the M25 and with excellent local services including pubs and a village store within a short drive, set on gentle slopes this is an ideal wood for family forestry.
Because the woodland is so special it has a tree preservation order on it. This simply protects the woodland and does not prevent woodland management - free guidance is available from the Forestry Commission and other organisations.
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: £39,000 Freehold
- Location: Wickham Bishops, Witham, Essex
- Size: About 3 ½ acres for sale
Hornbeam
Wood entrance
Open areas
Woodland ride
Old stump
High canopy
Wild flowers
Red boundary marking
Ancient coppice stool
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Boundaries:
The boundaries are indicated by red markings on prominent trees and stakes.
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How to find this woodland
This wood is no longer available. For more woods in the area, please see the regional page or contact our regional manager.
Local manager
Matt Marples
07979 755 118
matt@woodlands.co.uk
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Location
OS Landranger: OS No 168
Grid ref: TL 840 313
Nearest post code: CM8 3NQ
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 exit of the A12 sign-posted "Witham" go past the petrol station on the right, then straight over the round about onto Hatfield road: after about a quarter of a mile turn right into Maltings Lane.
Continue straight over the roundabout until you stop at the 'T' junction of Spring Lane.
Turn right and continue under the bridge until you come to some part time traffic lights turning left into Blue Mills Hill sign-posted "Wickham Bishops/Golf Club".
Carry on over the narrow river bridge and up the hill with woodland on your left just before the second "no overtaking" sign there is a wooden five bar gate with our sign attached.
Please park to one side of the gate so as not to block the access and park safely off the road. Climb over the gate with care and continue along the access track until you reach the wood (about 260 yards) on your right.
Satnav/GPS note: the postcode CM8 3NQ is for the point shown by the red dot on the location map.
Boundaries:
The boundaries are indicated by red markings on prominent trees and stakes.
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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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