West Wood, Little Sampford

Nature reserve in Essex, England

West WoodSite of Special Scientific Interest

Location| Essex
Grid reference| TL 622333
Interest| Biological
Area| 23.6 hectares
Notification| 1985
Location map| Magic Map

West Wood is a 23.6 hectares (58 acres) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Little Sampford, north of Thaxted in northwestern Essex. It is owned and managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust.[1][2][3]

The site is ancient woodland on chalky boulder clay and sandy loam. It was mainly elm, but this has died and the wood regenerated naturally with ash, and there is also some field maple and hornbeam. Bramble and dog's mercury dominate the ground layer, and there is a rich variety of plants in wetter areas, such as oxlip and meadow-sweet.[1] There are many species of birds and butterflies, and four ponds which have great crested newts, dragonflies and damselflies.[3]

There is access by a footpath from the B1051 road between Thaxted and Great Sampford.[3]

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## References

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1. ^ a b "West Wood, Little Sampford citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
2. ^ "Map of West Wood, Little Sampford". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
3. ^ a b c "West Wood Nature Reserve". Essex Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 29 May 2016.

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Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Essex

Biological|

* Abberton Reservoir
* Ashdon Meadows
* Basildon Meadows
* Belcher's and Broadfield Woods
* Benfleet and Southend Marshes
* Blackwater Estuary
* Blake's Wood & Lingwood Common
* Bovingdon Hall Woods
* Bullock Wood
* Canvey Wick
* Cattawade Marshes
* Chalkney Wood
* Colne Estuary
* The Coppice, Kelvedon Hatch
* Cornmill Stream and Old River Lea
* Crouch and Roach Estuaries
* Curtismill Green
* Danbury Common
* Debden Water
* Dengie
* Elsenham Woods
* Epping Forest
* Foulness
* Garnetts Wood and Barnston Lays
* Garrold's Meadow
* Glemsford Pits
* Grays Thurrock Chalk Pit
* Great Wood and Dodd's Grove
* Hainault Forest
* Hales and Shadwell Woods
* Hamford Water
* Hangman's Wood and Deneholes
* Hanningfield Reservoir
* Harlow Woods
* Hatfield Forest
* High Wood, Dunmow
* Hockley Woods
* Holehaven Creek
* Holland Haven Marshes
* Hunsdon Mead
* Inner Thames Marshes
* Little Hallingbury Marsh
* Mill Meadows
* Mucking Flats and Marshes
* Norsey Wood
* Nunn Wood
* Pitsea Marsh
* Quendon Wood
* Riddles Wood
* Roding Valley Meadows
* Roman River
* Sandbeach Meadows
* Stour and Copperas Woods, Ramsey
* Stour Estuary
* Thorndon Park
* Thrift Wood, Woodham Ferrers
* Thundersley Great Common
* Tiptree Heath
* Turnford and Cheshunt Pits
* Upper Colne Marshes
* Vange and Fobbing Marshes
* Waltham Abbey
* Weeleyhall Wood
* West Thurrock Lagoon and Marshes
* West Wood, Little Sampford
* Woodham Walter Common

Geological|

* Ardleigh Gravel Pit
* Clacton Cliffs and Foreshore
* The Cliff, Burnham-on-Crouch
* Colne Estuary
* Dengie
* Globe Pit
* Goldsands Road Pit
* Hall's Quarry
* Harwich Foreshore
* Holland-on-Sea Cliff
* Lion Pit
* Little Oakley Channel Deposit
* Lofts Farm Pit
* Maldon Cutting
* Marks Tey Brickpit
* The Naze
* Newney Green Pit
* Purfleet Chalk Pits
* Purfleet Road, Aveley
* River Ter
* St Osyth Pit
* Stour Estuary
* Wivenhoe Gravel Pit

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Essex Wildlife Trust

Basildon|

* Langdon Nature Reserve

Braintree|

* Brookes Nature Reserve

Brentwood|

* Thorndon Countryside Centre
* Warley Place

Castle Point|

* Little Haven
* Pound Wood
* Tile Wood

Chelmsford|

* Crowsheath Wood
* Danbury Ridge
* Hanningfield Reservoir
* Little Waltham Meadows
* Newland Grove
* Phyllis Currie
* Sandylay and Moat Woods
* Shotgate Thickets
* Thrift Wood
* Woodham Fen

Colchester|

* Abberton Reservoir
* Abbotts Hall Farm
* Fingringhoe Wick
* Iron Latch
* Lexden Gathering Grounds
* Roman River Valley
* Sergeants Orchard
* Tiptree Heath
* Westhouse Wood

Epping Forest|

* Gernon Bushes
* Roding Valley Meadows

Harlow|

* Hunsdon Mead

Havering|

* Bedfords Park
* Cranham Marsh
* Ingrebourne Valley

Maldon|

* Blue House Farm
* Bradwell Shell Bank
* Chigborough Lakes
* Maldon Wick
* Oxley Meadow
* Shut Heath Wood
* Stow Maries Halt
* Tollesbury Wick

Rochford|

* Lion Creek and Lower Raypits

Southend-on-Sea|

* Belfairs
* Gunners Park and Shoebury Ranges
* Two Tree Island

Tendring|

* Cockaynes Wood
* Colne Point
* Copperas Wood
* Great Holland Pits
* Howlands Marsh
* John Weston Nature Reserve
* The Naze
* Oakfield Wood
* Skipper's Island
* Wrabness

Thurrock|

* Grove House Wood
* Linford Wood
* Chafford Gorges Nature Park
* Fobbing Marsh
* Horndon Meadow
* Stanford Warren
* Thurrock Thameside Nature Park

Uttlesford|

* Aubrey Buxton
* Rushy Mead
* Sawbridgeworth Marsh
* Shadwell Wood
* Weeleyhall Wood
* West Wood

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