Wardley Wood
Selected Wild Place / Other Wild Places / Public Rights of Way / VC55 boundary
Forestry Commission with public access.
Local Wildlife Sites
The Forestry Commission are actively managing this woodland for timber - see their management plan for details.
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This large ancient woodland covers 66 hectares. It lies to the west of Uppingham in the parish of Wardley and lies on Upper Lias Clay and Glacial Boulder Clay covering 68 ha. It is a Local Wildlife Site. It was probably formerly an Ash-Maple wood before being planted with conifers and a few broadleaves in the 1960s. Some of the original coppiced trees have survived. The proposed management is to harvest the conifers and replant, increasing the proportion of broad-leaved native species.
There are areas of dense Bracken Pteridium aquilinum, with frequent Creeping Soft-grass Holcus mollis. Bird’s-nest orchid Neottia nidus-avis, Nettle-leaved Bellflower Campanula trachelium and Toothwort Lathraea squamaria have been recorded.
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