Battlefields & battle sites · East of England
Hayley Wood
Hayley Wood in England East, United Kingdom.
Hugh Venables — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Hayley Wood is a registered historic battlefield in England East, United Kingdom. Britain's battlefields range from the medieval clashes of the Wars of the Roses to the Civil War sieges and the 1745 Jacobite Rising at Culloden — most are open landscapes with interpretive trails and battle-monument markers.
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From the Wikipedia article
Hayley Wood is a 51.7-hectare (128-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-east of Great Gransden in Cambridgeshire. It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade 1, and it is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire. It was the subject of a book by the academic and woodland expert Oliver Rackham, listed below, who regularly visited and recorded his observations of the woodland in his notebooks.
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Background
History
A large wood in this area of the parish was mentioned in the 1086 Domesday Book, but by 1251 it had been split into two: Hayley Wood (40 acres) and Littlehound Wood (32 acres). Agriculture in the area declined after 1350 and the wooded area expanded; by 1650, Hayley Wood covered 120 acre and Littlehound 40 acres. In around 1655, Littlehound was 'new stubbed' and disappeared under cultivation, although its outline can still be seen in the form of field boundaries. Hayley Wood was confiscated from the Bishop of Ely by Queen Elizabeth in 1579 and whenceforth became privately owned. The Varsity Line - a railway between Bedford and Cambridge - ran along the wood's northern edge between…
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- Coordinates
- 52.1590, -0.1150
- County
- Cambridgeshire
- District
- South Cambridgeshire
- Parish
- Longstowe
- Postcode
- CB23 2UR
- Parliamentary constituency
- St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire
Sources
- wikidata: Q5686899 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Hayley Wood (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Hayley Wood?
- Hayley Wood is in East of England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 52.1590°, -0.1150°.
- Is Hayley Wood free to visit?
- Yes — admission to Hayley Wood is free.