http://debianws.lexgopc.com/wiki143/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Waresley_and_Gransden_WoodsWaresley and Gransden Woods - Revision history2026-06-01T23:58:44ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.43.1http://debianws.lexgopc.com/wiki143/index.php?title=Waresley_and_Gransden_Woods&diff=6825329&oldid=previmported>Bob Castle at 08:15, 19 February 20242024-02-19T08:15:38Z<p></p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Ancient woodland in Cambridgeshire}}<br />
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|name= Waresley Wood<br />
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'''Waresley and Gransden Woods''' is a {{convert|50|hectare|acre|adj=on}} nature reserve between [[Waresley]] and [[Great Gransden]] in [[Cambridgeshire]], [[England]]. It is managed by the [[Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire]]. The site is a {{convert|54.2|hectare|acre|adj=on}} biological [[Site of Special Scientific Interest]] called '''Waresley Wood''', with slightly different boundaries (but including Gransden Wood).<ref name=WTBCN>{{cite web|url= http://www.wildlifebcn.org/reserves/gransden-waresley-woods-and-brownes-piece |title= Waresley and Gransden Woods |publisher= Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire |access-date= 13 December 2016}}</ref><ref name=dsv>{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1003156&SiteName=waresley&countyCode=&responsiblePerson= |title=Designated Sites View: Waresley Wood | series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date = 13 December 2016}}</ref><ref name=map>{{cite web|url=http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271003156%27 |title=Map of Waresley Wood|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date= 13 December 2016}}</ref><br />
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This [[ancient woodland]] is mainly [[Fraxinus excelsior|ash]], [[field maple]] and [[Corylus avellana|hazel]]. There are also rides with diverse flora such as the herbs [[Vicia sepium|bush vetch]], [[Filipendula ulmaria|meadowsweet]], [[greater burnet-saxifrage]] and [[prunella vulgaris|self-heal]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1003156.pdf|title= Waresley Wood citation|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher= Natural England|access-date= 13 December 2016|archive-date= 10 May 2012|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120510072029/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1003156.pdf|url-status= dead}}</ref><br />
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There is access by a path from Waresley Road.<br />
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