Nower Wood | |
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Type | Nature reserve |
Location | Leatherhead, Surrey |
OS grid | TQ193546 |
Area | 33 hectares (82 acres) |
Managed by | Surrey Wildlife Trust |
Nower Wood is a 33-hectare (82-acre) nature reserve south-west of Leatherhead in Surrey. It is managed by the Surrey Wildlife Trust. [1]
Nower Wood has no public access, and is an educational reserve which hosts classrooms and children's events. It is mainly ancient oak woodland with areas of hazel coppice, chalk grassland, heath and artificial ponds which are used for pond dipping. There is a variety of birds such as woodcock and wood warbler. [1]
Surrey Wildlife Trust (SWT) was founded in 1959 as Surrey Naturalists' Trust and it is one of forty-six wildlife trusts covering Great Britain, Northern Ireland, Isle of Man and Alderney. SWT carries out conservation activities on a considerable area of Surrey County Council's large countryside estate and also manages land on behalf of the Ministry of Defence estate. As of 2022 the SWT manages more than 6,000 hectares of land for wildlife and employs more than 100 staff. It had an income of £5.1 million and expenditure of £5.7 million.
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