SOLD: Arrow Wood £65,000 Freehold
- Langley Heath, near Maidstone, Kent
- 7 ¼ acres
- South East England
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Mature oak standard
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Coppice in the summer sun
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A rustic bench in a small clearing by an oak
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Chestnut, birch, ferns and mosses
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A pollarded chestnut with young mountain ash growing alongside
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Chestnut coppice
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The ride stop entrance to Arrow Wood
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Evidence of bluebells
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Young oak sapling
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The main entrance gate off Gravelly Bottom Road
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Moss
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The public footpath (along the west boundary)
Description
Arrow Wood is an ancient woodland featuring sweet chestnut coppice with the occasional mature oak standard. There are various other broadleaf species including mountain ash, birch, wild cherry, hawthorn, holly and hazel. Evidence of bluebells are found on the forest floor, and you will also find mosses and bracken. A rustic bench is situated in a clearing a short walk from the ride stop entrance. Arrow Wood has great access, with a stoned track leading to the entrance, and tracks to the east, north and west side of the wood. The high-quality chestnut has been well-managed in the past and could provide an income.
Adjoining Arrow Wood (to the south) is Mail Wood. Mail Wood (7 ½ acres) is a sweet chestnut coppice wood and is currently available for sale.
It is worth noting that woodland owners may be able to get relief from Inheritance Tax and Capital Gains Tax. More information on this can be found here.
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.
Trees
The west side of Arrow Wood will be ready for cutting in approx. 11 years, and the east side of the wood in approx. 5 years. Of course, it will conveniently regrow. It is worth noting that Woodlands.co.uk offer £300 towards a course for a new owner. This would provide the opportunity to learn the skills required to resume coppicing in the future. The sweet chestnut would provide a good source of firewood, or durable timber for making posts. Alternatively, an owner could encourage a more varied and diverse wood to develop by ‘singling’ the chestnut and planting mixed native broadleaves. You can read more about this in our blog.
Arrow Wood has been designated as Ancient Replanted Woodland (PAWS) by Natural England. This land has been wooded since at least 1600AD. Arrow Wood is part of a larger Local Wildlife Site - you can find out more about this here.
There is a Management Plan for Abbey Wood (of which Arrow Wood is a part) – details of this are available upon request. The Management Plan is not mandatory, but it is full of good advice, and a lot of background information which will certainly be interesting and useful.
Wildlife
Crossbills, sparrow hawks, buzzards and kestrels, green and great spotted woodpeckers and lesser redpoll have been recorded in the area.
Features
- A level wood with great access.
- High-quality sweet chestnut coppice which has previously been well-managed.
- Plentiful supply of timber for fencing and posts; or firewood.
- An ancient woodland with bluebells.
- Other broadleaf species including oak, mountain ash, birch, wild cherry, hawthorn, holly and hazel.
Access, tracks and footpaths
Access to Arrow Wood is via a single metal gate off the country road. A stoned track leads to the ride stop entrance to the wood. Here owners are able to drive in and park a car within Arrow Wood.
There is a public footpath running north - south just inside the west boundary of Arrow Wood. Woodlands.co.uk have granted permission for local walkers to use the established track to the north and east of Arrow Wood (outside the boundaries) noted as a ‘permissive paths’ on the map.
Rights and covenants
The wood is sold with the sporting rights.
The owner of Arrow Wood will be asked to enter a covenant to ensure the quiet and peaceful enjoyment of the wood.
Activities
- Harvesting chestnut for firewood.
- Green woodworking, why not try your hand at bodging!
- Charcoal making.
- Managing a coppice woodland.
- Building hides and observing the wildlife.
Local area and history
Maidstone is approximately 5 miles from Arrow Wood and the Grade I Listed Leeds Castle is less than 2 1/5 miles nearby.
Wood maps
This wood is now sold, please do not visit the wood without the permission of the owner.
Find this wood
This wood is now sold, please do not visit the wood without the permission of the owner.
Location
- OS Landranger: OS No. 188
- Grid ref: TQ 816 515
- Nearest post code: ME17 3GZ
- GPS coordinates: 51.2343, 0.60001
Location map
Directions
Please note, for satellite navigation, use the post code ME17 3GZ. This will take you to within approx. two hundred meters of Abbey Wood North as shown by the red dot on the map. Coordinates to the main entrance gate leading to Arrow Wood off Gravelly Bottom Road are: N51.231798, E0.600684. To find the wood follow the instructions below.
- From the M20 Junction 8 head east along the A20 towards Leeds Castle.
- After approx. 1/3 mile turn right at the roundabout onto the B2163 (signposted Leeds Castle). Follow this road approx. 2 miles through Leeds and Langley.
- In Langley take the 2nd turning on the left onto Ulcombe Road. The post code will take you to this road.
- Once on Ulcombe Road, drive approx. 300 meters until you reach a fork in the road. Take the road to the left – Gravelly Bottom Road.
- Continue past the first single metal gate on the left-hand side until you reach the second metal gate (also on the left-hand side) with ‘Woodlands for Sale’ sign on it. There is a passing place opposite this gate where you can pull in and park off the road.
- Walk round the gate, down the stoned track approx. 200 meters and Arrow Wood is to the left with its boundaries marked in BLUE. Here you will find the ride stop entrance, together with the Arrow Wood sign.
- Sat Nav note: The post code ME17 3GZ is for the point shown on the location map by the red dot which is further west back along Ulcombe Road.
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.
Please take care when viewing as the great outdoors can contain unexpected hazards and woodlands are no exception. You should exercise common sense and caution, such as wearing appropriate footwear and avoiding visiting during high winds.
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 fantastic opportunity to own a sweet chestnut coppice wood, with great access and a plentiful supply of firewood.
