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Hillhead Wood, Aberdeenshire - Nearly 5 acres, £29,000
Description: Hillhead Wood is a very attractive birch and rowan semi-natural ancient woodland and has a wonderful ambience within. There are remnants of previous plantations; mature larch, Scots pine and Norway spruce for example, intermingling with more recent coppiced birch, rowan and hazel with large beech and oaks along the boundaries. There are lush grassy areas to the north and clearings suitable for canopy thinning and private camping in the central gentle hill-brow area of the wood. A rich diversity of wildlife within the broadleaf woodlands includes ferns, heather, roe deer and a range of resident and migratory birdlife including song thrushes, warblers, jays and redstart. Internal access is via a private metal gate and turning/parking area inside the wood.
Access: There is a full right of access along a private track leading off the public B977 road as shown in green on the detailed maps.
Sporting rights: are included.
Surrounding Area: Hillhead Wood is part of a long-established rural area known as Forrester Seat Woods and Lands some of which is on the Ancient Woodland Inventory. The lands rest on the hillsides of the sweeping valley which has the majestic River Don flowing through it. Hatton of Fintray and Newmachar villages, and the Kirkhill Forest and Formartine and Buchan Way cycling and walking routes are nearby. The coast and secluded beaches of Balmedie and Newburgh, as well as Dyce, Inverurie and Aberdeen, are all within 20 minutes drive.
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: Cothal, Dyce, Aberdeenshire
- Size: Nearly 5 acres for sale
Mixed broadleaves
Shared off-field entrance
Private entrance
Shared field access track
Southern boundary
Coppiced clearing
NW corner
Beech amidst birches
Bird's Eye photo from Bing maps
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Boundaries:
The boundaries are clearly indicated with orange markings on fence or freestanding posts, dyke walls and some trees.
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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
Jonathan Creasey
07786 224465
jonathan@woodlands.co.uk
Read more about Jonathan.
Location
OS Landranger: OS No 38
Grid ref: NJ 871 162
Nearest post code: AB21 0JN
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 Bing maps
Directions
Hillhead Wood is just 20 mins drive from Aberdeen near Cothal off the B977.
- Travelling westwards from Dyce on the B977 and after arriving at Cothal hamlet take the right turn signposted "Rose Valley" 30 metres before the red telephone and post boxes on the right where you will find yourself on a gravel track.
- Head up this track for about 200 metres and take the first left and travel another 300 metres along this track entering cleared woodland and park in the parking area on the right before the wooden gate with the "Woodlands For Sale" sign in front of you.
- Walk through the wooden gateway and follow the track towards and right round the beacon building and then towards the right hand of the two metal gates. Go over the gate and follow the hard grass track across the field (see "Please note:" below) next to the stone dyke wall on the right as shown in green on the detailed map heading 100 metres north to the entrance to Hillhead Wood.
- Please note: Please be aware that young cattle may be grazing in the fields so any dogs should be kept in the car. An alternative (dog friendly) viewing path is shown on the detailed map with small red arrows leading from the parking area around the outside edge of the fields to the wood.
- Satnav/GPS note: the postcode AB21 0JN is for the point shown by the red dot on the location maps. For those without satnav/gps why not use Green Flag routefinder to plan your route?
Boundaries:
The boundaries are clearly indicated with orange markings on fence or freestanding posts, dyke walls and some trees.
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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