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  2. List of ancient woods in England - Wikipedia

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    The woodlands of Bedfordshire cover 6.2% of the county. [2] Some two thirds of this (4,990 ha or 12,300 acres) is broad-leaved woodland, principally oak and ash. [3] A Woodland Trust estimate of all ancient woodland in Bedfordshire (dating back to at least the year 1600), including woods of 0.1 ha (0.25 acres) and upward suggests an area of 1,468 ha (3,630 acres). [4]

  3. British timber trade - Wikipedia

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    Dry wood was easier to fell and floated in water and therefore the river Irrawaddy was used for transporting the wood to the saw mills near Rangoon. Other sources were the wood from Australia which included Jarrah and Karri wood. Some streets in London are still paved with Karri wood from the southern parts of Western Australia. [1]

  4. Swanton Novers Woods - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I. [3] Swanton Great Wood and Little Wood are designated Swanton Novers National Nature Reserve [4] [5] These ancient woods are almost certainly of primary origin, and they are regarded as one of the most important groups of woods in the country.

  5. Bodging - Wikipedia

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    Traditionally, bodgers were highly skilled wood-turners, who worked in the beech woods of the Chiltern Hills. [3] [4] The term and trade also spread to Ireland and Scotland. Chairs were made and parts turned in all parts of the UK before the semi industrialised production of High Wycombe. As well recorded in Cotton the English Regional Chair.

  6. Wistman's Wood - Wikipedia

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    Wistman's Wood is one of Britain's last remaining ancient temperate rainforests and one of three remote high-altitude oakwoods on Dartmoor in Devon, England. The first written document to mention Wistman's Wood date to the 17th century, while more recent tree-ring studies show that individual trees could be many hundreds of years old.

  7. Great North Wood - Wikipedia

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    Send £1 and 1st class large Self address envelope (SAE) to Sydenham Hill Wood Contact Great North Wood Team Project E-mail: greatnorthwood@wildlondon.org.uk; 200th Anniversary of the Enclosure of Sydenham Common: Forest Hill Society; The Great North Wood by Tim Bird, published by Avery Hill, 2018, ISBN 978-1-91039-536-3 (an illustrated story book)

  8. Forestry in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    The UK's industry and populace uses at least 50 million tonnes of timber a year. More than 75% of this is softwood, and British forests cannot supply the demand; in fact, less than 10% of the timber used in Britain is home-grown. Paper and paper products make up more than half the wood consumed in Britain by volume. [3] [9] [10]

  9. Puzzlewood - Wikipedia

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    Part of Puzzlewood showing a typical scene of tree roots, rocks and moss. Puzzlewood (grid reference) is an ancient woodland site and tourist attraction, near Coleford in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England.