Redwell Wood

Redwell Wood
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Fallen tree in Redwell Wood
Area of Search	Hertfordshire
Grid reference	TL213025
Interest	Biological
Area	52.8 hectares
Notification	1984
Location map	Magic Map

Redwell Wood is a 52.8 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest near South Mimms in Hertfordshire. The local planning authority is Welwyn Hatfield District Council.^[1]^[2]

The site has ancient and secondary woodland, heath and scrub. The woodland canopy is dominated by pedunculate oak. Ground flora include bluebells and enchanter’s-nightshade, while heathland species include heather and the rare creeping willow (Salix repens).^[1]

There is access from Blackhorse Lane.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "Redwell Wood citation". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
↑ "Map of Redwell Wood". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 16 January 2015.

Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Hertfordshire

Biological	Aldbury Nowers Alpine Meadow Amwell Quarry Ashridge Commons and Woods Ashwell Springs Benington High Wood Blagrove Common Bricket Wood Common Croxley Common Moor Frogmore Meadows Great Hormead Park Hertford Heath Hunsdon Mead Knebworth Woods Moor Hall Meadows Northaw Great Wood Oddy Hill and Tring Park Patmore Heath Plashes Wood Redwell Wood Roughdown Common Rye Meads Sarratt Bottom Sawbridgeworth Marsh Sherrardspark Wood Tewinbury Therfield Heath Thorley Flood Pound Tring Reservoirs Tring Woodlands Turnford and Cheshunt Pits Wain Wood Water End Swallow Holes Whippendell Wood Wormley-Hoddesdonpark Wood North Wormley-Hoddesdonpark Wood South

Geological	Castle Lime Works Quarry Downfield Pit, Westmill Hillcollins Pit Little Heath Pit Moor Mill Quarry, West Oughtonhead Lane Westwood Quarry

Coordinates: 51°42′29″N 0°14′45″W / 51.7081°N 0.2459°W / 51.7081; -0.2459

Redwell Wood

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