Sherrardspark Wood

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Sherrardspark Wood
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Area of Search Hertfordshire
Grid reference TL230139
Interest Biological
Area 74.9 hectares
Notification 1986
Location map Natural England
Entrance from Campus West Car Park

Sherrardspark Wood (grid reference TL230139) is a 74.9 hectare (185.1 acre) biological site of Special Scientific Interest in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire. The site was notified in 1986 under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.[1]

It has a number of walks through the wood, one of which used to follow the disused Luton/Dunstable branch line from Welwyn Garden City railway station. This line closed in the 1970s and runs from the White Bridge on Digswell Road west and then north to the Great North Road next to the A1(M) motorway, close to the Red Lion pub. The trail continues from Ayot St Peter on the other side of the motorway along Ayot Greenway.[2]

About

Sherrardspark Wood is in the north west of Welwyn Garden City and is an ancient woodland consisting mainly of sessile oak and hornbeam. It is used by dog walkers, joggers, cyclists, and horse riders. The area was designated by English Nature a Site of Special Scientific Interest in 1986 as well as a Local Nature Reserve in 1998.[3][4] Much of the management of the wood is carried out by volunteers of the Sherrardspark Wood Wardens Society. [5][6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Sherrardspark Wood citation". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 
  2. ↑ WGC Development Corporation (1964). Wood Wardens. 
  3. ↑ "Sherrardspark Wood". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 
  4. ↑ "Map of Sherrardspark Wood". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 
  5. ↑ J. P. Austin (2001). Traditional Woodland Management. 
  6. ↑ "Sherradspark Wood". Retrieved April 04, 2012. 


Coordinates: 51°48′37″N 0°13′02″W / 51.81021°N 0.21724°W / 51.81021; -0.21724

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