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Fortress Wood, Norfolk - About 3 acres, £29,000
Fortress Wood is accessed via a good quality stone track across open water meadows. Continue along this track as it meanders through other areas of private woodland until you reach the entrance to Fortress Wood.
Venturing into the woodland you quickly disappear from sight and become enveloped in the mossy covered boughs of alder trees. This wood has remained untouched by human intervention for many years and is a wonderfully wild habitat: the only sign of recent activity is a newly dug boundary ditch to the adjoining fields and the remains of an old pheasant pen.
Wildlife is much in evidence and there are deer racks criss-crossing the woodland. New "slot marks" can be clearly seen and if you're not quiet enough to see one of the various species of deer that inhabit the woodland, you may be able to identify them from the footprints left by red, roe or muntjac deer.
The woodland is made up of mainly alder with some birch and ash as well. These trees grow well in this area and cope well with the winter months when the woodland is wetter due to its proximity to the River Thet.
The woodland is very thick in parts yet it is easy to move silently through it. The floor is covered in sedges and rushes and forms a soft underbelly below the mature trees. Alder is a wonderful wood and was used in the past to make clogs due to its resistance to rotting. It is also a great wood to make charcoal from and was thought to be the best source of high-grade charcoal for gunpowder.
Whilst being wonderfully secluded it is only 5 miles to the south west of Attleborough and 11 miles north east of Thetford.
There are no public footpaths through the woodland.
Particulars and plans were prepared by our local manager, Matt Marples.
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: £29,000 Freehold
- Location: Snetterton, Thetford, Norfolk
- Size: About 3 acres for sale
woodland ride
hard track and turning cirlce
wood entrance
open area with alder
new boundary ditch
view to field
canopy
wild flowers
Ash and alder
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Boundaries:
The boundaries are indicated by lilac paint markings on trees and stakes.
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Local manager
Matt Marples
07979 755 118
matt@woodlands.co.uk
Read more about Matt.
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 144
Grid ref: TL 986 589
Nearest post code: NR16 2LQ
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
· After passing Attlebough continue on the A11 then take the road sign posted East Harling and follow signs for the Angel Inn.
· Go past the Angle Inn, which is on your left and the road will cross back over the A11.
· You will pass South Farm on your left at a sharp bend. Continue down the lane, which becomes narrower and after a short distance a lane will appear on your left called Mill Lane.
· Turn into Mill lane and continue down the lane past Woodlands House on the left and then a few more houses. The road bends again at The Stables, carry on past Mill House. (Which has two gateways.) and just after the house take the track directly in front of you.
· At the end of this track park to the left of the large oak tree.
· A five bar gate will be at your left with our for sale sign on it. Climb over this gate and walk down the new track to the woodland. Please keep to the track as the fields surrounding it are privately owned.
· The track will cross 2 culverts before entering into the woodland. After another 100 metres the track will end in a turning area.
· The entrance to Fortress Wood is located on your left just passed the turning area.
· Coming from Thetford on the A11 head towards Norwich and take the signpost to East Harling then follow signs for the Angel Inn back under the A11. Then follow directions as above.
· Satnav/GPS note: the postcode NR16 2LQ is for the point shown by the red dot on the location map.
Boundaries:
The boundaries are indicated by lilac paint markings on trees and stakes.
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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