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Swail Wood, Aberdeenshire - Over 5 acres, £29,000
Description: Swail Wood is a bright and secluded mainly spruce woodland with larch and broadleaf fringes all planted in 1999. The trees are well established and are sited on level or very gentle sloping ground in generally good, fertile brown earth soils with good rooting depth and land drainage.
The groups of mixed broadleaves around the perimeter include oak, ash, rowan, silver birch, beech, hazel and hawthorn. The pink blossom and red hips of ramanas and dog rose can be found in the southwest corner and there are also rosebay willowherb, buttercups, clover and other wild flowers along the open rides. To the northwest there is a small wet flush area providing habitat for amphibious toads. With appropriate care this diversity in habitat could be further encouraged or may even be suitable for a small wildlife pond.
The spruce conifers are in a vigorous growth phase and will lead to a dramatic change in the woodland over the coming years providing privacy and winter shelter. As the trees mature and become cone-bearing it's possible that red squirrels will move in. There is more on the red squirrel project at: Red Squirrels at Lairshill.
Both main clearings can be reached by car along the internal track (as shown on the detailed map), and both are suitable for occasional camping and sharing picnics and campfires with friends and family. A brashed path through the centre of the spruce and larch area links up the clearings and more paths could easily be created to explore in different directions.
Some small-scale thinning could be done to create more glades, add more native species and diversify wildlife habitats. These thinnings would help improve the remaining trees and could also provide useful firewood.
Access: Access is off the minor public road and along a private shared grassy track with full rights of way.
Sporting rights: these are fully included.
Surrounding Area: Swail Wood is part of a larger planted area of woodland known as Lairshill Woods. The villages of Newmachar and Hatton of Fintray are nearby, as is the Kirkhill Forest and Formartine and Buchan Way cycling/walking routes. The coast with 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.
- Price: £29,000 Freehold
- Location: at Lairshill, near Newmachar, Aberdeenshire
- Size: Over 5 acres for sale
Southwest corner mixed broadleaves and rose hips
Southern clearing entrance
View from north boundary
Southern clearing for parking/camping
Northwest corner
Brashed larch path
Internal perimeter track
Northern clearing and internal ride
Mature beeches nearby NW corner
Ramanas rose and rosebay willowherb
Ridestop entrance into
Shared access track to
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Boundaries:
These are shown by orange markings and to the west, north and south there is a dry stone wall, and along the east is a line of posts.
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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 867 191
Nearest post code: AB21 0PX
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
S a t n a v / G P S use AB21 0PX for the red dot on the location maps or Lat: N 57 : 15 : 39 Lon: W 2 : 13 : 44
Map directions: From Bing Maps CLICK HERE then click on "Directions" enter your own postcode, (Swail Wood entrance coordinates are already entered) and click on the orange "Get Directions" box. This will take you to the parking area by the main gate.
- Swail Wood is located about 2 miles west from the village of Newmachar and about 11 miles northwest from Aberdeen city centre.
- Travelling out from Aberdeen on the A96 take the A947 road north towards Newmachar/Oldmeldrum.
- Proceed for about 5 miles passing Dyce and, 1 mile before reaching Newmachar, turn left onto the B979.
- Proceed west for about 1 mile and then turn right at the sign directing towards Lairshill.
- Continue northwest along this road for about 2 miles where you will see the "Woodlands For Sale" sign and double metal entrance gates on the right. Please park here safely off the road.
- From inside the double gates walk approx. 400m along the access track to Swail Wood as shown on the detailed map.
Coordinates: (57.260806,-2.228267)
Boundaries:
These are shown by orange markings and to the west, north and south there is a dry stone wall, and along the east is a line of posts.
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