Stanton Woods

Last updated
Stanton Woods
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Steps in the Grundle - geograph.org.uk - 1019169 cropped.jpg
Steps in the Grundle
Location Suffolk
Grid reference TL 962 719 [1]
InterestBiological
Area66.1 hectares [1]
Notification 1984 [1]
Location map Magic Map

Stanton Woods is a 66.1-hectare (163-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Stanton in Suffolk. [1] [2]

The site consists of several ancient coppice with standards woods, some of which are on boulder clay and others on drier, acid soil. There are also mown rides and small clearings. The Grundle is a linear wooded gorge. [3]

Some areas are closed to the public, but others have roads and footpaths running through them.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rex Graham nature reserve</span> Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Mildenhall in Suffolk

Rex Graham Reserve is a 2.8-hectare (6.9-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Mildenhall in Suffolk. It is a Special Area of Conservation, and part of the Breckland Special Protection Area. It was formerly managed by the Suffolk Wildlife Trust.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Marline Valley Woods</span>

Marline Valley Woods is a 55.1-hectare (136-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the western outskirts of Hastings in East Sussex. An area of 40.3 hectares is a Local Nature Reserve owned by Hastings Borough Council and managed by the Sussex Wildlife Trust.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Edwardstone Woods</span>

Edwardstone Woods is a 27 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest near Edwardstone in Suffolk, England. It is in four areas, Park Wood with the adjacent High Wood, Cowper's Wood, Stallington Wood and Priory Down.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bradfield Woods</span>

Bradfield Woods is an 81.4-hectare (201-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket in Suffolk. The site is in three separate blocks, the adjoining Felsham Hall and Monkspark Woods, and the much smaller separate Hedge Wood and Chensil Grove. Felsham Hall and Monkspark Woods are designated a 63.3 National Nature Reserve, also called Bradfield Woods, and are managed by the Suffolk Wildlife Trust.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Honeypot Wood</span> Site of Special Scientific Interest in Norfolk, England

Honeypot Wood is a 9.5-hectare (23-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Dereham in Norfolk. It is managed by the Norfolk Wildlife Trust

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Langley Wood, Cambridgeshire</span>

Langley Wood is a 31.6-hectare (78-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Cambridgeshire, but lying between Saffron Walden in Essex and Haverhill in Suffolk.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ten Wood</span>

Ten Wood is a 17.7-hectare (44-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Burrough Green in Cambridgeshire.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Brent Eleigh Woods</span>

Brent Eleigh Woods is a 31.7-hectare (78-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-east of Lavenham in Suffolk.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cavendish Woods</span>

Cavendish Woods is a 53.5-hectare (132-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Glemsford in Suffolk.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gosbeck Wood</span>

Gosbeck Wood is a 22.8-hectare (56-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Needham Market in Suffolk.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Milden Thicks</span>

Milden Thicks is a 42.3-hectare (105-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Great Waldingfield in Suffolk, England. It is in four separate blocks, Bulls Cross Wood, Hazel Wood and the adjoining Hall Wood, Walding Wood and Long Wood.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Over and Lawn Woods</span>

Over and Lawn Woods is a 43.3-hectare (107-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Haverhill in Suffolk. It is listed by Natural England as a Suffolk site but most of Over Wood is in Cambridgeshire.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Trundley and Wadgell's Wood, Great Thurlow</span>

Trundley and Wadgell's Wood, Great Thurlow is a 79.4-hectare (196-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Great Thurlow in Suffolk.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Westhall Wood and Meadow</span>

Westhall Wood and Meadow is a 43.1-hectare (107-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Rickinghall in Suffolk.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hay Wood, Whepstead</span>

Hay Wood, Whepstead is a 10.4-hectare (26-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Whepstead in Suffolk.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hintlesham Woods</span>

Hintlesham Woods is a 118.1-hectare (292-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Hadleigh in Suffolk. Part of it is Wolves Wood, which is managed by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Thorpe Morieux Woods</span>

Thorpe Morieux Woods is a 45.2-hectare (112-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Thorpe Morieux in Suffolk. Part of it is Bull's Wood, a nature reserve managed by the Suffolk Wildlife Trust.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Leighfield Forest SSSI</span>

Leighfield Forest SSSI is an 11.3 hectares biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Skeffington in Leicestershire, England. It consists of several fragments, including Tugby Wood, Loddington Reddish, Brown's Wood, Skeffington Wood and Tilton Wood, of the former medieval hunting Leighfield Forest, which straddles Leicestershire and Rutland. It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade II.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Owston Woods</span>

Owston Woods is a 139.6 hectares biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Owston in Leicestershire.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Stanton Woods". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  2. "Map of Stanton Woods". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  3. "Stanton Woods citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 11 June 2017.

Coordinates: 52°19′N0°53′E / 52.31°N 0.88°E / 52.31; 0.88