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Boulder clay woodlands

The Trust already owns Hayley, Gamlingay, Waresley and most of Gransden Woods, remnants of ancient and semi-natural woodland on the boulder clay in south Huntingdonshire and West Cambridgeshire. It has acquired another 43 hectares of arable adjoining Gamlingay Wood and Waresley Wood. This is being reverted to broadleaved woodland by natural regeneration. We will enlarge them further and eventually link them all to form the South Cambridgeshire Forest, through land acquisition and by influencing neighbouring landowners.

One other group of boulder clay woods is suitable for linkage: Southwick Wood—Short Wood—Glapthorn Cow Pasture in Northamptonshire. Further priority areas include the Rockingham Forest and Yardley Whittlewood Ridge which support a high density of ancient woodland and other habitats. Here, the Trust is working mainly via landowner advice and in partnership with local authorities and other environmental bodies such as the Nene Valley Regional Park and the Rockingham Forest Trust.