Bradenham Woods, Park Wood and The Coppice

Bradenham Woods, Park Wood and The Coppice
Site of Special Scientific Interest

Area of Search	Buckinghamshire
Grid reference	SU828984
Interest	Biological
Area	129.1 hectares
Notification	1984
Location map	Magic Map

Bradenham Woods, Park Wood and The Coppice is a 129.1 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Bradenham in Buckinghamshire. It is in the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and it is described in A Nature Conservation Review.^[1]^[2] The site is part of the Bradenham Estate, which is owned by the National Trust. It is also designated a Special Area of Conservation. Grim's Ditch, a Scheduled Monument, runs through the site.^[3]^[4]

The site is mainly beech woodland, with a rich ground flora including rare species. Twenty-eight species of butterfly have been recorded. There are also areas of chalk grassland.^[1]

There is permanent access to the site.^[3]

References

1 2 "Bradenham Woods, Park Wood and The Coppice citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 December 2014. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
↑ "Map of Bradenham Woods, Park Wood and The Coppice". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
1 2 "Bradenham Estate". National Trust. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
↑ "Sections of Grims Ditch". Historic England. Retrieved 8 January 2016.

Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Buckinghamshire

Biological	Ashridge Commons and Woods Aston Clinton Ragpits Aston Rowant Aston Rowant Woods Bacombe and Coombe Hills Black Park Bradenham Woods, Park Wood and The Coppice Burnham Beeches Buttlers Hangings Dancersend Dancersend Waterworks Ellesborough and Kimble Warrens Fayland Chalk Bank Finemere Wood Foxcote Reservoir and Wood Frieth Meadows Frogmore Meadows Gomm Valley Grangelands and Pulpit Hill Grendon and Doddershall Woods Ham Home-cum-Hamgreen Woods Hodgemoor Wood Hollowhill and Pullingshill Woods Homefield Wood Howe Park Wood Ivinghoe Hills Kingcup Meadows and Oldhouse Wood Kings and Bakers Woods and Heaths Littleworth Common Lodge Hill Long Herdon Meadow Mid Colne Valley Millfield Wood Moorend Common Naphill Common Old Rectory Meadows Oxley Mead Pilch Fields Pitstone Hill Poker's Pond Meadow Rodbed Wood Rushbeds Wood and Railway Cutting Shabbington Woods Complex Sheephouse Wood Stoke Common Swain's Wood Temple Island Meadows Tingewick Meadows Tring Reservoirs Turville Hill Weston Turville Reservoir Widdenton Park Wood Windsor Hill Wormsley Chalk Banks Yardley Chase

Geological	Bierton Clay Pit Bolter End Sand Pit Bugle Quarry Fern House Gravel Pit Froghall Brickworks Muswell Hill Pitstone Quarry South Lodge Pit Stone Warren Farm, Stewkley

Coordinates: 51°40′42″N 0°48′14″W / 51.6783°N 0.8039°W / 51.6783; -0.8039

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Bradenham Woods, Park Wood and The Coppice

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