| Spring Wood Belstead |
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| LNR Type: |
Urban Fringe |
| County: |
Suffolk |
Natural England
Regional Team:
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East of England |
| Year of Declaration: |
1986
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| Declaring Authority: |
Ipswich Borough Council
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| Area (Ha): |
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| Grid Reference: |
TM 144 413/TM 147 413
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| Location: |
South Ipswich bordering the Belstead Brook. IP8
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| Owned by: |
Ipswich Borough Council
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| Managed by: |
Greenways Project, Ipswich Borough Council
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| Link to site map: |
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| How to get there: |
Located in south Ipswich, from the railway station go up Willoughby Road hill, turn right at the top into Belstead Road. Continue straight on - the road turns into Stoke Park Drive. Go past Bourne Park and at the bottom of the hill turn left into Bobbits Lane. The car park is at the end of the road.
The wood is on the opposite side of the road.
Bus: Ipswich Buses routes 7 and 15 stop at Thorington Park on nearby Ellenbrook Road
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| Visitor facilities: |
Grass trails, wheelchair accessible, car park, seasonal events.
Belstead Brook Park, includes Belstead Meadows, Spring Wood, Millennium Wood, Bobbits Lane Meadows, Ashground Plantation, Ostrich Meadows, Bourne Reedbeds and Bourne Park.
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| What to see: |
Spring Wood - Ancient oak woodland with hazel understorey. Some coppiced sections. Lime and hornbeam. A drainage ditch/stream runs through the middle of the site.
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| Volunteer and 'Friends of' groups: |
Friends of Belstead Brook Park, Spring Wood Volunteers.
The Friends of Belstead Brook Park (FoBBP) meet on the second Saturday of each month to carry out conservation work in Belstead Brook Park.
Contact Ray Sidaway Tel 01473 259104
or try
Greenways Countryside Project
www.greenlivingcentre.org.uk/greenways/volunteering.htm
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| Contacts for further information and how to get involved: |
Greenways Countryside Project
Tel: (01473) 433995
Email: greenways.project@ipswich.gov.uk
or
Ipswich Wildlife Group
Tel 01473 726082
Email iwg@greenlivingcentre.org.uk
or try
Ipswich Borough Council
Email: enquiries@ipswich.gov.uk
Tel: 01473 432000
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| Website address and other links: |
www.greenlivingcentre.org.uk/iwg/spring-wood.htm
alternatively try
www.a2nipswich.org.uk/about/
www.ipswich.gov.uk
and search for Spring Wood and Millenium Wood Local Nature Reserve
last updated 27/03/13
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