Felbrigg Woods Explained

Felbrigg Woods
Aos:Norfolk
Interest:Biological
Area:164.6ha
Notifydate:1987
Map: Magic Map

Felbrigg Woods is a 164.6abbr=offNaNabbr=off biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-west of Cromer in Norfolk.[1] [2] It is the main part of the grounds of Felbrigg Hall, a National Trust property[3] which is listed on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England.[4] It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade 2,[5] and it is in the Norfolk Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.[6]

Ancient trees in this wood have more than fifty species of lichen, including several which are rare in East Anglia. Many of them are indicators of ancient undisturbed woodland. The trees are mainly beech which have been pollarded many years ago, and have massive stools and boles.[7]

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52.913°N 1.262°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Designated Sites View: Felbrigg Woods. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 11 June 2018. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612162119/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1001767&SiteName=&countyCode=29&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=. 12 June 2018.
  2. Web site: Map of Felbrigg Woods. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 11 June 2018.
  3. Web site: Felbrigg Hall, Gardens and Estate . National Trust. 30 May 2018.
  4. Web site: Felbrigg Hall . Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England. Historic England. 11 June 2018.
  5. Book: Derek . Ratcliffe . A Nature Conservation Review. 2 . 60. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, UK . 1977. 0521-21403-3 .
  6. Web site: Norfolk Coast AONB Management Plan 2014-19: Other Conservation Designations within the AONB. Norfolk Coast AONB. 25 May 2018. 31 March 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120331161613/http://www.norfolkcoastaonb.org.uk/mediaps/pdfuploads/pd001159.pdf. dead.
  7. Web site: Felbrigg Woods citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 11 June 2018.

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