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5.5 acres, near Boroughbridge and Easingwold, North Yorkshire
For Sale - Fixed Price £92,000

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A sound stone track, with verges full of wildflowers such as primroses and dog rose, leads to the entrance of Fawd Wood, at its south-western corner. Here, there is space for parking a vehicle off the track or for stacking timber, surrounded by tall trees.

Fawd Wood is predominantly planted with Scots pine and beech trees, probably around sixty years old and growing straight and tall. Other species are mixed through too, probably self-seeded rather than planted, such as oak, sycamore, goat willow, hazel and birch. Close to the north-eastern corner, there is a grove of spruce trees and some of the pines in this area are Corsican pine, rather than Scots pine. The majority of the wood is carpeted with a stunning display of bluebells in late Spring, as well as native ferns and sweetly scented honeysuckle. All along the banks of the drain, there are masses of primroses.

Not far from the entrance, a glade has some rustic seating around a fire pit and a single garage sized storage tent provides weather-proof shelter. Close by, a hide has been constructed for wildlife observation, also useful for any squirrel and deer management needs. Paths have been strimmed, linking the various parts of the wood and further to the north, a wooden bench is situated at the edge of an area of clear ground, beneath beech trees.

The wood is classed as a planted ancient woodland or PAWS meaning there has been a wood on this site for at least 400 years. In the decades after the Second World War, many woods, including this one, were planted with conifers and the new owner might like to begin to gradually restore the wood to a more native broadleaf tree mix. An existing management plan is available for the new owner, should they wish to review this guidance.

Beyond the northern boundary the wood looks out onto a narrow meadow which is crossed by a, now disused, railway line, bordered by willow and birch trees.

Fawd Wood takes its name from the old name for the neighbouring village of Brafferton, listed in the Domesday Book as Brafawd, meaning ‘broad ford’ – located as it was, at a strategic crossing point of the River Swale. There is another settlement named Fawdington, less than a mile to the north-west too.