Sandylay and Moat Woods

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Sandylay and Moat Woods
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Sandylay and Moat Woods
TypeNature reserve
LocationGreat Leighs, Essex
OS grid TL 733 175
Area7.5 hectares
Managed byEssex Wildlife Trust

Sandylay and Moat Woods is a 7.5-hectare (19-acre) nature reserve east of Great Leighs in Essex. It is owned and managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust. [1]

These adjacent woods are mainly coppiced small-leaved lime, with a small stream and many flowering plants, including wood anemones, sweet violets, spurge laurel, stinking iris and early purple orchid. [1]

There is access by a footpath from Mill Lane. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Sandylay and Moat Woods". Essex Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 11 November 2016.

Coordinates: 51°49′44″N0°30′50″E / 51.829°N 0.514°E / 51.829; 0.514