Box Wood £75,000 Freehold
- Boxted, Colchester, Essex
- over 3 acres
- East Anglia
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Bench in the woods.
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Wood entrance.
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Hammer head.
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South boundary.
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West boundary.
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North boundary.
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East boundary.
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Rabbit burrow.
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Bayleaf.
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Birch tree.
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Sunshine through the trees.
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Main gate.
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Track to the wood.
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Track to the wood.
Description
An easy to manage woodland, ideal for an entry level introduction to family forestry.
It is an unusual but welcome addition to offer a small woodland with such clearly defined boundaries with neighbouring orchards and woodland, creating a neatly self contained woodland entity but with all the diversity and interest of a larger area.
A woodland touches your senses in an unique way, the sights, sounds, smells and touch. Not forgetting taste with the fruits of the forest readily available such as blackberries and mushrooms. All of these delights await the new owner of this attractive woodland.
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.
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.
Trees
The woodland is a patchwork of mixed English hardwoods, well spaced that includes oak, ash, and beech.
Wildlife
Box Wood forms part of a larger area of woodland known historically as Orchard Farm. This is an important local wildlife area that continues to support thriving populations of deer, bird life and small woodland mammals. From the voles and rodents to the browsing muntjac deer and the woodland birds in the canopy where the tree cover supports a unique woodland ecosystem. The importance of this biodiversity is difficult to overstate in a time when so much land is given over to the pressures of commercial agriculture and food production.
Features
An open and level woodland with a good variety of trees. A bench has been placed centrally and is a great place to sit and enjoy the wood.
Access, tracks and footpaths
The woodland is accessed via an excellent stone track which provides all year vehicle access directly from the highway. A footpath runs along the western and eastern sides of the wood, these are fenced and hedged ensuring the woods privacy.
Activities
Enjoyment of nature is top of the list for the owner of Box Wood. Bird and bat boxes could be placed around the older trees to provide suitable habitats for tawny owls, song birds and local bat species.
There are level areas for camping and its secluded nature means its a great place to come and relax.
Local area and history
The local area is steeped in history The village was the site of a series of skirmishes between Parliamentary and Royalist troops in July 1648, known as the Battle of Boxted Heath.
Two historic manors are located in the parish: Boxted Hall and Rivers Hall, which are both mentioned in the Domesday records. Boxted was split into two settlements, "Boxted" and "Boxted Cross", during the plague when non-infected villagers moved across the valley from 'Old Boxted' to escape infection. A timber-framed cottage called Songers is reputedly the oldest private dwelling in Essex dating back to 1280.
The village of Boxted is on the peripheries of the Dedham Vale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Boxted has good road links to both the A12 and A120. The nearest train station can be found in Colchester with rail links to London and Norwich. Artist John Constable grew up in nearby East Bergholt and has depicted Dedham Vale in several landscape paintings, such as The Vale of Dedham (1828).
Wood maps
Wood map
Boundaries
The boundaries are indicated by red paint markings on trees and boundary stakes. The western boundary is the wire fence to the west of the footpath. The southern boundary is a line of stakes and paint markings on trees along its length. The eastern and the northern boundary are wire fences.
Find this wood
Location
- OS Landranger: OS No. 184
- Grid ref: TM 000 324
- Nearest post code: CO4 5TN
- GPS coordinates: 51.9543, 0.910252
Location map
Directions
- To view this woodland please call the local manager Matt on 07979 755188 for the combination code to the car park.
- From the A12 Colchester head east at Junc 28 exit Sudbury A134.
- At the roundabout take the 3rd exit onto Cuckoo Farm Lane
- At the next roundabout take the 1st exit staying on Cuckoo Farm Lane.
- At the next roundabout take the 1st exit onto Axial Way continuing onto Severalls Lane.
- After 2 miles at a roundabout take the first exit staying on Severalls Lane.
- At the T junction turn right onto Straight Road.
- After 0.7 mile turn left into Mill Road.
- After 0.3 of a mile turn right into Ellis Road.
- After 0.6 of a mile Ellis Road becomes Wet Lane.
- After 150 metres you will pass a gate with a Woodlands for sale sign, go past this.
- After another 300 metres you will see another Woodlands gate: this is the access gate.
- Once you own the wood you will have full vehicle access and key to the gate.
- A private car park for wood owners is on the right.
- Follow the stone track down the hill through the gates and up the hill on the other side.
- The track bends left and right and at the end of the long straight, you pass through two more gates and reach the woodland entrance.
- The What 3 Words for the wood entrance are cloud.aced.aimless.
- Whats 3 Words for the main entrance gate at Wet Lane are triads.clashing.shipwreck.
- Nearest postcode CO45TN.
- Please note this is a long walk, the new owner will have full vehicular rights to the woodland.
How we support our buyers
Membership of the small woodland owners’ group
£300 for a woodland course of your choice
One year's free membership of the royal forestry society
Please note this wood is owned by woodlands.co.uk.
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 their mobile phone. The first offer at the stated price which is accepted, whether by phone or email, has priority.
Please take care when viewing as the great outdoors can contain unexpected hazards and woodlands are no exception. You should exercise common sense and caution, such as wearing appropriate footwear and avoiding visiting during high winds.
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.
An attractive woodland suitable for a variety of uses with good access set on level ground.
