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6.28 acres, Woodland for sale, Healey Wood, Stocksfield, Northumberland
For Sale - £58,000

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Healey Wood is part of a substantial broadleaf woodland known as Hyons Wood, two miles southwest of Prudhoe. Hexham is about 10 miles to the northwest and Newcastle a similar distance to the east. Both are easily reached in half an hour via the A69.

The wood has a gentle northern aspect and lies towards the base of a wide shallow valley with its north boundary incorporating a length of the Stanley Burn – a tributary of the River Tyne. It also has extensive frontage to a seasonal stream on its southeast side. A former mining area, the last coal left here some 70 years ago, since which time nature has reclaimed the territory. Roe deer, badgers and foxes all live here, as do a range of woodland songsters in the canopy above. The mew of buzzards is often heard in the day and the hoot of owls at night.

Healey Wood has a healthy mix of broadleaves many of which are native species. Birch, oak, ash, willow, holly, alder and sycamore are all to be found along with the occasional beech and elm. An understorey of saplings and woody shrubs including hazel, hawthorn and elder lies atop a woodland floor of soft grasses, ferns, and a variety of woodland flowers.

The wood is served by a well-found hard track. The length on the south boundary belongs to Healey Wood.

Conservation and quiet recreation are in prospect for the new owner of this pretty wood.

Safety Note: Due to historic mining activity in the wider woodland there may be unknown entrances and fissures which are not visible on the surface. There is no definitive plan of mining activity. Please take extra care when viewing.

Our Forester's thoughts...

I would want to create a hard standing area on the south side of the wood for parking and perhaps link this with a path through to a locus for camping deeper in the wood. Fallen deadwood will provide plenty of fuel for my campfire.

Conservation projects would appeal. Initially a scattering of bird boxes would encourage nesting and I might also try an owl box (as there are plenty of tawnies in the wider wood).

Please remember some management operations require approval and/or a licence.