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Bradfield Wood - SOLD, Yorkshire - Just over 5 acres, £39,000
Description: An oak and birch conservation woodland growing on the gentle slopes of a south-west facing hillside full of geological interest.
Outcrops of boulders abut level areas and old workings where millstone was removed make interesting sunken pathways. The small rock faces could be used for bouldering and clambering over.
Apart from the oak and birch, there are also sycamore, ash, willow, rowan and sweet chestnut. Some of the oaks are quite large feature trees and support a great diversity of insect life. Heather and bilberry patches are frequent and mix with ferns on the woodland floor.
Bird life in the wood is varied with all three native species of woodpecker, tree creepers and many other woodland birds, whilst on the ground there is evidence of badgers, foxes and deer.
A new track leads to a level area suitable for parking and camping. Access around the wood is easy due to the generally open character of the woodland.
Access: is from Oughtibridge Lane along a shared track up to the wood and along the north-eastern boundary. Within the wood are a number of paths which give access thoughout the site. Purchasers will have a key to the shared access gate.
History: Bradfield Wood is part of Great Hollins and Beeley Wood which has a long history closely connected with the steel industry in the area. Ganister, a type of sandstone which was used to make fire bricks to line the blast furnaces in the works located in the valley bottom, was mined using the drift mine method. This practice ceased in the early 1900s. Looking further back into history, monks from Ecclesfield Priory were permitted to graze their livestock in the woodland as early as 1161.
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: Oughtibridge, Sheffield, Yorkshire
- Size: Just over 5 acres for sale
oak, birch and a clearing
view in to millstone workings
secluded area
clear forest floor
track along southwestern boundary
Level area with birch and oak
birch, banking behind
ridestop woodland entrance
level area for parking or camping
Road entrance
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Boundaries:
The boundaries are indicated with turquoise markings.
- The northeastern boundary is marked on trees along the edge of the shared access track and is 3 metres from the track centre.
- The southeastern boundary is marked with posts.
- The southwestern boundary is marked on trees along the edge of the shared track and is 3 metres from the track centre.
- The northwestern boundary is marked with posts.
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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
Dan Watson
0113 286 3701 or 07970 116515
dan@woodlands.co.uk
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Location
OS Landranger: OS No 110
Grid ref: SK 316 929
Nearest post code: S35 0HN
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
Bradfield Wood is located at Oughtibridge just north west of Sheffield
For Directions From Bing Maps click here, enter your own postcode, (Bradfield Wood coordinates are already entered) and click on the orange "Get Directions" box. This is the entrance in Oughtibridge Lane.
Satnav: the postcode S35 0HN is for the point shown by the red dot on the location map/s. Coordinates for Oughtibridge Lane entrance are: N 53 : 26 : 12 and W 1 : 31 : 42
From the M1 Junction 35 take the A61 signed to Sheffield.
- Upon reaching Grenoside turn right on to Norfolk Hill at the Norfolk Arms pub cross roads.
- Continue up hill through the traffic calming measures and go straight on at the cross roads.
- Proceed along this road for about 1 mile until you drop downhill into Oughtibridge Lane.
or from
- Oughtibridge town centre travel up Oughtibridge Lane sign posted to Grenoside.
The access track is by the small 'For Sale' sign and opposite the white Shimrod industrial buildings and next to the red-topped marker post at the lower end of the conifer hedge.
- Proceed along the track for about 100 metres. The shared woodland entrance is directly ahead. Park to the left of the gate.
- Bradfiled Wood is about 200 metres along the track and to the right.
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Boundaries:
The boundaries are indicated with turquoise markings.
- The northeastern boundary is marked on trees along the edge of the shared access track and is 3 metres from the track centre.
- The southeastern boundary is marked with posts.
- The southwestern boundary is marked on trees along the edge of the shared track and is 3 metres from the track centre.
- The northwestern boundary is marked with posts.
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