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Fessock Wood, South Ayrshire - Over 8½ acres, £39,000
Fessock Wood is a majestic oak-dominated woodland situated in tranquil open rural surroundings on a lush green valley hillside. The land is mostly sloping with ample flatter areas for walking and private holiday camping, and is effectively drained by some water channels winding down through the rich stoney soils to the burn below. The woodland is well served by water features with charming burns along the top southwest and bottom northeast boundaries where native red and roe deer drink, and ransomes and other wild flowers line the banks.
The wide swathe of mature oak, ash, silver birch, hornbeam, beech and Norway spruce, forming most of Fessock Wood, is very pleasant to walk through, with bluebells, primroses, gorse, snowdrops and daffodils visible in spring. A new internal access path links the parking area with a large open glade to the east, then continues and doubles back through the middle of the wooded area nearly reaching the old burnside track below. The glade, created by past tree clearance, could be left to nature or replanted in part with native species if desired.
Access: External access is via a hard stone private track leading off the A714 over which there is a shared legal all-purpose vehicular right of access, shown green on the maps. Internal access is provided by a new packed earth and stone track leading into the wood and new and old walking paths.
Sporting Rights: These are included with the land.
Mineral Rights: These are owned and included with the land except where reserved by statute.
Surrounding Area: Fessock Wood is situated near the top of the Daljarrock Forest in mixed woodland and rural hillside settings in the pretty River Stinchar valley. There is a great variety of wildlife in the valley, including red squirrel, red deer, roe deer, otters, badgers and reptiles and birds from blue tits to buzzards, plover to peregrine. Many nearby walks and the tranquil unspoilt environment make the area perfect for nature and general outdoor enthusiasts. A walk up Knockdolian Hill provides panoramic land and sea views and the new long-distance walking route - The Carrick Way - is scheduled to open very shortly. The huge Galloway and Carrick Forests can be explored further to the east and an early spring wildlife festival takes place in neighbouring Dumfries & Galloway every year. The coastal town of Girvan and shingle beaches at Woodland and Ballantrae Bay, are within 10 miles to the West. Nearby Pinwherry and Barrhill villages have local services whilst Colmonell and Dailly have forestry mills/suppliers. Ayr, Stranraer and Newton Stewart are within 30 miles.
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: Near Pinwherry, Girvan, South Ayrshire
- Size: Over 8½ acres for sale
Ancient woodland
Old packhorse track
Cascading burn
Open oaks and bluebells
Cluster of primroses
View north over neighbouring wood
View east through wood
Bluebells ancient woodland
Steeper burn section
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Boundaries: The boundaries are clearly indicated with blue markings on posts, fence posts and trees around the woodland. The centre of the burn denotes the northeast boundary.
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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
David Alty
07795 104 594
david.alty@woodlands.co.uk
Read more about David.
Location
OS Landranger: OS No 76
Grid ref: NX 196 888
Nearest post code: KA26 0TA
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
Satnav/GPS note: the postcode KA26 0TA is for the point shown by the red dot on the location map.
Fessock Wood is located 8 miles south of Girvan between the hamlet of Pinmore and village of Pinwherry off the A714.
- Travelling south from Girvan on the A714 pass the junction for the B734 on your left.
- Continue for just under 1 mile until you reach an overhead railway bridge.
- Passing under the bridge you will find the "Woodlands For Sale" sign and entrance/parking immediately on the right hand side.
- Please park here away from the gate and follow the access track up for approx. 900m as shown on the detailed maps.
- Travelling north from Barrhill on the A714 pass the junction for the B734 on your left.
- Continue for just over 1 mile until you reach an overhead railway bridge in front of you.
- Immediately before the bridge you will find the "Woodlands For Sale" sign and entrance/parking on the left hand side.
- Please park here away from the gate and follow the access track up for approx. 900m as shown on the detailed maps.
- As an alternative to satnav try Directions From Bing Maps CLICK HERE then click on "Directions" enter your own postcode, (Fessock Wood coordinates are already entered) and click on the blue "Get Directions" box. This will take you to the parking area by the double entrance gates.
- Satnav coordinates for main gates:
N 55 : 09 : 38 W 4 : 49 : 44
( 55.160618 ) ( -4.828851 )
If vehicle access is required for viewing, through the padlocked entrance gate and up the stone track to Fessock Wood, please telephone for combination lock number.
Boundaries:
The boundaries are clearly indicated with blue markings on posts, fence posts and trees around the woodland. The centre of the burn denotes the northeast boundary.
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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