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Swineshead Wood

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TL061668

Location map
  
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Area of search
  
Bedfordshire

Interest
  
Biological

Area
  
22 ha

Notification
  
1985

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Swineshead Wood is a 21.6 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Swineshead in Bedfordshire. It is owned by the Woodland Trust, and the local planning authority is Bedford Borough Council.

Map of Swineshead Wood, Bedford, UK

The site is wet woodland which has structural and biological diversity. The most common trees are pedunculate oak and ash and on heavy clay, and bluebells and dog's mercury dominate the ground flora.

There is access from Sandye Lane, which runs along the wood's southern border.

References

Swineshead Wood Wikipedia