Calmcote Wood £95,000 Freehold
- Kiplin, Near Catterick, North Yorkshire
- nearly 4 ¾ acres
- Northern England
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View to the western boundary, with farmland beyond
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The ground is quite level at the northern edge of the wood
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A group of conifers near the western boundary
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Holly bushes
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Clumps of primroses
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Arum lillies
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A number of birch trees are dotted through
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A bench at the edge of the plateau
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Verdant green of dog's mercury
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Oak and ash gives way to beech in the north of the wood
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A potential fairy door?
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Bank of dog's mercury
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Spreading beech tree, with clear ground beneath
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Russet colours of last season's beech leaves
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A deer bed or scrape
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Well defined wildlife trail through the wood
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A roe doe passing through
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Beautiful Spring primroses
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In the lower north western corner, thers a number of alder trees
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Twining honeysuckle
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Scarlet elf cup fungus
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Wood name sign
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The ride-stop entrance
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A large oak on the plateau
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Looking to the west where the bench is located
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The main wood gate at the bend in Sled Lane
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Description
The ride-stop entrance with space to park a vehicle is located towards the south-western corner of Calmcote Wood. Walking from here, along the level plateau, past the left-hand side of a holly bush and continuing on, a small group of conifers are situated before the land drops away at a gentle bank and a rustic bench is positioned in a spot where you can take in the scenery and be at one with the forest.
The wood is a lovely mixture of mature native broadleaved trees with oak, beech, birch, sycamore, ash and wych elm. The ground is carpeted with bright green dog’s mercury and dotted with native ferns and grasses. The odd tree has ivy climbing up into the canopy providing bird nesting sites as well as food for bumblebees.
To the east, the woodland borders farm fields, with an old, slightly fragmented thorn hedgerow. To the north, the bank drops away to an area of beech trees which have clear ground beneath and in the north-east corner, a small low-lying area has an enclave of alder and willow trees.
Trees
Mature beech, sycamore, oak, birch, ash, wych elm and a few conifers.
Wildlife
A welcoming chorus of forest birdlife, such as chiff-chaffs (in spring and summer), wrens and blackbirds, fills the air, along with the buzz of bees and the cooing of woodpigeons. Buzzards mew overhead and you may even hear a tawny owl call.
Roe deer pass through the wood and you may notice their trails or the scraped beds where they rest up at night.
Features
- Well grown mature trees.
- A rustic bench in a scenic spot.
- Abundant wildlife.
- Easy access on foot.
Access, tracks and footpaths
A good stone track leads directly to the ride-stop entrance of Calmcote Wood, where there’s space to park a car. From here, access on foot throughout the wood is quite easy, though sturdy footwear is always recommended.
Rights and covenants
Activities
A great wood for conservationists. It would be good to put up trail cameras to see what's passing through. Nest boxes and bat boxes would further enhance the wildlife value.
The wood has plenty of timber for a domestic firewood supply for home or on the woodland campfire.
Local area and history
A Heritage Lottery funded archaeology project, undertaken in 2014, explored the area around Kiplin, which was recorded as ‘Chipeling’ in the Domesday survey of 1086. Through the millennia before the township of Chipeling existed, the area was home to prehistoric hunter-gatherers, early farmers and invading Romans who founded the town of Catterick. Later there were Saxon kings and warriors, and medieval monks farmed the land at Kiplin and milled grain to support nearby Easby Abbey and each era has left fragments of the past behind.
With an interest in archaeology, The Earl and Countess of Tyrconnel of Kiplin Hall, supported the discovery of late Bronze Age, Roman and Saxon objects on the estate, in the first part of the nineteenth century, including three late Bronze Age gold torque-shaped bracelets.
Wood maps
Wood map
Boundaries
The boundaries of Calmcote Wood are marked with mauve paint. These are on post tops along the southern boundary. To the west, the wood has a stone track at the boundary, the northern edge is defined by a drain and the east is an old hedge-line (rather than the more recent wire fencing), on these three boundaries, the markings are on trees.
Find this wood
Location
- OS Landranger: OS No. 99
- Grid ref: SE 273 984
- Nearest post code: DN10 6AN
- GPS coordinates: 54.3812, -1.5809
Location map
Directions
Situated about 4 miles off the A1 between Richmond and Northallerton, with the Yorkshire Dales to the west and North York Moors to the east.
Satnav: the postcode DL10 6AN covers several properties and the wood. The point shown by the red dot on the location map/s is the wood entrance gate.
Travelling from the A1(M):
At J52 for Catterick, take the 1st exit onto A6055.
Turn right onto Catterick Rd/A6055/A6136 to Brompton on Swale.
At the traffic lights, turn right onto B6271.
Upon reaching Scorton, turn right onto Bolton Rd/B6271, passing through Bolton on Swale.
At the Ellerton junction, Sled Lane (opposite Lakeside Country Park), turn left, signed to Whitwell and Forest.
Continue along Sled Lane for around 900m to a sharp bend with a Woodland for sale sign on your right.
Tuck into the fenceline and park here to view the wood.
Follow the stone track on foot for 60m then follow the track that turns right up hill.
The entrance to Calmcote Wood is located approximately 50m along this track, to the left.
Travelling from Northallerton on the B6271
Travel through Great Langdon and continue on.
Before Kiplin Hall, turn right, signed to Whitwell and Forest.
Continue along this lane, past the Ecolodges then turn sharp right.
After the S bend travel for a further 1500 metres and turn left, signed for Scorton and Richmond.
After a sharp left hand bend you will see a gateway with a ‘Woodland for sale’ sign on your left.
Tuck into the fenceline and park here to view the wood.
Follow the stone track on foot for 60m then follow the track that turns right up hill.
The entrance to Calmcote Wood is located approximately 50m along this track, to the left.
How we support our buyers
Membership of the small woodland owners’ group
£300 for a woodland course of your choice
One year's free membership of the royal forestry society
Please note this wood is owned by woodlands.co.uk.
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 their mobile phone. The first offer at the stated price which is accepted, whether by phone or email, has priority.
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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.
A tranquil broadleaved woodland with mature trees, near Kiplin, Catterick.
