Waresley and Gransden Woods
Ancient woodland in Cambridgeshire
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Waresley and Gransden Woods is a 50-hectare (120-acre) nature reserve between Waresley and Great Gransden in Cambridgeshire, England. It is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire. The site is a 54.2-hectare (134-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest called Waresley Wood, with slightly different boundaries (but including Gransden Wood).[2][1][3]
| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
| |
 Location of Waresley Wood. | |
| Area of search | Cambridgeshire |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | TL 262 548[1] |
| Interest | Biological |
| Area | 54.2 hectares[1] |
| Notification date | 1983[1] |
| Location map | Magic Map |
This ancient woodland is mainly ash, field maple and hazel. There are also rides with diverse flora such as the herbs bush vetch, meadowsweet, greater burnet-saxifrage and self-heal.[4]
There is access by a path from Waresley Road.
