Paices Wood Country Parkland

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Paices Wood Country Parkland is a country park on the edge of the village of Aldermaston in Berkshire, England. [1] The parkland is under the management of the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust. [2]

Aldermaston village in the United Kingdom

Aldermaston is a mostly rural, dispersed settlement, civil parish and electoral ward in Berkshire, England. In the United Kingdom Census 2011, the parish had a population of 1015. The village is in the mid-Kennet alluvial plain and bounds to Hampshire in the south. It is roughly equidistant from Newbury, Basingstoke and Reading, centred 46 miles (74 km) west-by-south-west of London.

Berkshire County of England

Berkshire is a county in South East England. One of the home counties, Berkshire was recognised by the Queen as the Royal County of Berkshire in 1957 because of the presence of Windsor Castle, and letters patent were issued in 1974. Berkshire is a county of historic origin, a ceremonial county and a non-metropolitan county without a county council. The county town is Reading.

Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust

The Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust is a wildlife trust covering the counties of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire in England.

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Geography and site

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Lakes at Paices Wood Country Parkland

The site covers 35 hectares (86 acres). [3] The parkland consists of woodland, grassland and several lakes located in a narrow valley. [1] A medieval road borders the site to the north-west edge, creating a natural boundary with the neighbouring Wasing Estate. [4]

Wasing farm village in the United Kingdom

Wasing is an agricultural and woodland village and parish in West Berkshire, England owned almost wholly by one family. In minor local administration such as footpaths and field sports facilities its few people convene their own civil parish occasionally but share many facilities with Brimpton which was its civil parish at the time of the United Kingdom Census 2011.

There are seven lakes which vary in size from 0.4 acres up to 3.3 acres. [5]

History

Young Estates & Land Ltd bought what is now Youngs Industrial Estate and Paices Wood Country Parkland in 1961 from Turner & Hunter, a timber company. [6] The land was purchased for the purpose of gravel extraction, with the lakes that are now on the site created for washing the gravel. [4]

When gravel extraction finished in the early 1980s, the land was restored and became the site of the industrial estate and the rest of the site was developed into country parkland. [4]

In 2014 the management of the parkland was transferred from West Berkshire Council to the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust. [7]

West Berkshire Council

West Berkshire Council is the local authority of West Berkshire in Berkshire, England. It is a unitary authority, having the powers of a non-metropolitan county and district council combined. West Berkshire is divided into 30 wards, electing 52 councillors. The council was created by the Local Government Act 1972 as the Newbury District Council and replaced five local authorities: Bradfield Rural District Council, Hungerford Rural District Council, Newbury Borough Council, Newbury Rural District Council and Wantage Rural District Council. On 1 April 1998 it was renamed West Berkshire Council and since then has been a unitary authority, assuming the powers and functions of Berkshire County Council. In the 2015 election the Conservatives won 48 out of 52 seats. In 2019, they won 24 seats losing half of their councillors.

Fauna

The site has the following fauna: [2] [5] [8] [9]

Reptiles and amphibians

Invertebrates

Birds

Fish

Flora

The site has the following flora: [2] [8] [3]

Trees

Plants

Fungi

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 Opening Times. "Paices Wood Country Parkland | Berks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust". Bbowt.org.uk. Retrieved 2017-04-11.
  3. 1 2 "Paices Wood Country Parkland leaflet" (PDF). Paiceswood.net. Retrieved 2017-04-11.
  4. 1 2 3 "Paices Wood Country Parkland │ Fishing in Berkshire". Paiceswood.net. Retrieved 2017-04-11.
  5. 1 2 "Fishing in Berkshire". Seven Lakes Angling. Retrieved 2017-04-11.
  6. ↑ "Seven Lakes Angling │ Fishing in Berkshire". Sevenlakesangling.net. Retrieved 2017-04-11.
  7. ↑ "Paices Wood Country Parkland │ Fishing in Berkshire". Paiceswood.net. 2014-01-06. Retrieved 2017-04-11.
  8. 1 2 "Paices Wood Country Parkland │ Fishing in Berkshire". Paiceswood.net. Retrieved 2017-04-11.
  9. ↑ "Paices Wood Country Parkland │ Fishing in Berkshire". Paiceswood.net. Retrieved 2017-04-11.

Coordinates: 51°22′16″N1°09′36″W / 51.371°N 1.160°W / 51.371; -1.160

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