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Nene Wood, Cambridgeshire - About 3 ½ acres, £39,000
Nene Wood has much to offer with a wide variety of habitats including thick coppice and open glades. Having no public access or footpaths this is an ideal retreat. It is located on the north west corner of a larger wood known as "Odd Quarter Wood", and is bordered by areas of private woodland to the south and east and with open farmland to the north. The resident deer population love the farmland boundaries and they rest in the warm sunlight which filters through the trees and lights up this section of woodland.
The woodland is made up mainly of mature oaks and ash with some Scots pine, birch and mature coppice stools; these sit comfortably above lots of smaller species of coppice including field maple, hazel, hawthorn and blackthorn. The woodland is, however, particularly notable as a whole for its rare wild service trees.
A good depth of leaf mulch helps the woodland plant life which includes small areas of bluebells, primrose and wood anemone in spring. Wildlife is in abundance and the wood is home to muntjac and roe deer. Red and Chinese water deer have also been observed in the nearby fields. Lots of deer couches or scrapes (places where the deer rest) can be found along the woodland boundary and on the edges of glades.
The woodland originally formed part of the famous Monks Wood which lies to the south. Monks Wood is now a wildlife reserve and over 1,000 species of beetle and butterfly have been recorded in this area. This has huge benefit to Nene Wood which forms part of a much larger protected habitat.
Conveniently located under 5 minutes' drive from the A1, just south of Sawtry. There are excellent local services close by including a restaurant and motel within minutes.
As this is a special woodland it is protected as a SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest). A new owner will have the pleasure of knowing that they are the custodians of a nationally recognised woodland. This wood should be viewed to appreciate its true beauty, being level with good access and easy to walk through.
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: Sawtry, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire
- Size: About 3 ½ acres for sale
Open areas
Open glade
Deer couch
Area of thicket
Wide ride to wood
Mature trees
View to farmland
Wild rose
Wood entrance
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Boundaries:
The boundaries are indicated by lime green markings on prominent trees and painted stakes.
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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
Matt Marples
07979 755 118
matt@woodlands.co.uk
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Location
OS Landranger: OS No 142
Grid ref: TL 183 080
Nearest post code: PE28 5XP
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
Nene Wood is located to the east of the old Great North Rd B1043 between Alconbury and Sawtry.
If you are travelling along the A1 southbound, exit at junction 15 (Sawtry) and stay on the B1043 following signs to Alconbury and Monks Wood. Go straight over 3 roundabouts (staying on the B1043). Go past the Redwings Lodge and Spice Land on your left, and 100 metres past the PACE filling station turn into the first gate way. ( A telegraph line crosses the road at this gate way.)
A large metal bar is used as a gate and you will see the wood 200 metres in front of you. Park to one side making sure you do not block the gate.
Carefully climb under the bar and walk down to the wood. The wood entrance is 250 metres down the side of the wood.
The wood entrance is marked by a Woodlands.co.uk five bar gate. Climb carefully over the gate and walk along the main ride. Take the second track on the left after approximately 200 metres. Walk along this ride and the entrance to Nene Wood is at its end on the right.
Travelling along the A1 northbound, exit at Junction 14 and follow signs for Alconbury main gate. Then turn left and follow the B1043 northbound for nearly 2 miles. You will come down a hill and be able to see a PACE filling station and Redwings Lodge Motel on your right. The turning for the wood is 100 metres before them. A telegraph line crosses the road at the gateway (if you go past turn around at the petrol station.)
A large metal bar is used as a gate and you will see the wood 200 metres in front of you. Park to one side making sure you do not block the gate.
Please then follow directions as above to the wood from this gate.
Satnav/GPS note: the postcode PE28 5XP is for the point shown by the red dot on the location map.
Boundaries:
The boundaries are indicated by lime green markings on prominent trees and painted stakes.
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