Great Wood, Stocksfield, Northumberland. NE42

Property Details: - Type: Woodland - Bedrooms: 0 - Bathrooms: 0

Agent: Woods 4 Sale - National Phone: 01248 308461

<p><b><i>Exact location, viewing instructions and further details can be found in the brochure below.</i></b></p><p><b>An extensive broadleaf wood on gentle slopes with good access and generous stream frontage, for sale as a whole or in 2 lots. </b></p><p><b><i> Lot 1 8.23 acres £76,000</i></b></p><p><b><i> Lot 2 6.36 acres £62,000</i></b></p><p><b><i> The whole 14.59 acres £135,000*</i></b></p><p><b><i>*A saving of £3000 on the combined lot price</i></b></p><p>Great Wood is part of a substantial broadleaf woodland known as Hyons Wood, located two miles southwest of Prudhoe and is offered for sale as a whole or in two lots. Hexham is about 10 miles to the northwest and Newcastle a similar distance to the east. Both are easily reached in half an hour by car. </p><p>The wood has a gentle northern aspect and lies towards the base of a wide shallow valley with its north boundary incorporating a length of the Stanley Burn – a tributary of the River Tyne. A former mining area, the last coal left here some 80 years ago, since which time nature has convincingly reclaimed the territory. Roe deer, badgers and foxes all live here, as do a range of woodland songsters in the woodland canopy above. The mew of buzzards is often heard in the day and the hoot of tawny owls at night.</p><p>Great Wood supports extensive well-spaced stands of birch interspersed with a variety of other species including some fine oak stems and the occasional mature beech. You will also find a smattering of willow, ash, alder and sycamore. The shrub layer is a mix of hawthorn, holly and hazel atop a woodland floor of soft grasses, ferns, honeysuckle, foxglove and a variety of woodland flowers such as bugle and wood sorrel. </p><p>The wood is served by a well-found stone track which links to two stoned parking spurs on the south side for in-wood parking, and thanks to a ‘clean’ woodland floor there is easy pedestrian access across most of the woodland.</p><p>Aside from its conservation and habitat credentials, Great Wood offers enormous potential for woodland recreation.</p><p><b><i>Safety Note: Due to historic mining activity in the wider woodland, there may be unknown entrances and fissures which are not visible on the surface. There is no definitive plan of mining activity. Please take extra care when viewing.</i></b></p><p><b>Our Forester'sThoughts</b></p><p>Alastair says...</p><p>"The two useful parking places (one in each lot) have grassed over but just need scraping back.</p><p>There is real potential to steer the evolution of this naturally regenerated woodland and further enhance its diversity through expanding the range of native species on site. To do this I’d fell a few small coupes (retaining all oak stems) and plant the resultant gaps with species like cherry, rowan and wych elm, plus perhaps a few Scots pine for winter colour. I’d also seek out any oak seedlings and protect them from browsing to increase the presence of this habitat-rich species.</p><p>The opportunity to lose yourself in the sylvan glades here for a few hours (or overnight) is self-evident!"</p><p><b><i>Please remember some management operations require approval and/or a licence.</i></b></p>