Galley Down Wood

Galley Down Wood is a 16.6-hectare (41-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-east of Bishop's Waltham in Hampshire.^[1][2]

AreaofsearchHampshire

Grid referenceSU 573 190^[1]

InterestBiological

Area16.6 hectares (41 acres)^[1]

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Galley Down Wood

Site of Special Scientific Interest
Location of Galley Down Wood.
Area of search	Hampshire
Grid reference	SU 573 190[1]
Interest	Biological
Area	16.6 hectares (41 acres)[1]
Notification date	1988[1]
Location map	Magic Map

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This wood, which was planted with beech trees in around 1930, has a well developed beech flora. Flowering plants include bird's-nest orchid, white helleborine, greater butterfly-orchid, common spotted orchid and the nationally rare long-leaved helleborine.^[3]