Stoke and Bowd Lane Woods
| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
 Bowd Lane Wood | |
| Location | Northamptonshire |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | SP 802 864[1] |
| Interest | Biological |
| Area | 36.4 hectares[1] |
| Notification | 1986[1] |
| Location map | Magic Map |
Stoke and Bowd Lane Woods is a 36.4-hectare (90-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Corby in Northamptonshire.[1][2] The eastern half of Stoke Wood is managed by the Woodland Trust, a triangular area of 0.7 hectares which stretches south from the middle is the Stoke Wood End Quarter, a nature reserve managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire, and the remaining western part of the wood is private property. Bowd Lane Wood is private property.[3][4]
These ancient semi-natural woods were formerly part of the medieval Royal Forest of Rockingham. The main tree species is pedunculate oak, with other species such as ash and birch. Ground flora include herb paris, wood sorrel, yellow archangel, early-purple orchid and greater butterfly-orchid.[5]
There is public access to the parts of Stoke Wood managed by the Woodland Trust and the Wildlife Trust by a track from the B669, Desborough Road.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Stoke and Bowd Lane Woods". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
- ^ "Map of Stoke and Bowd Lane Woods". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
- ^ Notices on the sites
- ^ "Stoke Wood End Quarter". Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
- ^ "Stoke and Bowd Lane Woods citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
