Bedford Purlieus is a 211-hectare (520-acre) ancient woodland in Cambridgeshire, in the United Kingdom. It is a national nature reserve and Site of Special Scientific Interest owned and managed by the Forestry Commission. In Thornhaugh civil parish, 10 km (6.2 mi) south of Stamford and 14 km (8.7 mi) west of Peterborough, the wood is within the Peterborough unitary authority area of Cambridgeshire, and borders Northamptonshire. In Roman times it was an iron smelting centre, during the medieval period it was in the Royal Forest of Rockingham, and later it became part of the estates of the Duke of Bedford. Bedford Purlieus appears to have been continuously wooded at least from Roman times, and probably since the ice receded. The woodland may have the richest range of vascular plants of any English lowland wood. It acquired particular significance in the 1970s as an early subject for the historical approach to ecology and woodland management.
Map of Bedford Purlieus, Cambridgeshire
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BedfordPurlieus is a 211-hectare (520-acre) ancient woodland in Cambridgeshire, in the United Kingdom. It is a nationalnaturereserve and Site of Special...
the National Trust. A list of nationalnaturereserves in Cambridge: Barnack Hills & Holes NNR, 22 hectares (54 acres) near Stamford BedfordPurlieus NNR...
when the Dukes of Bedford took ownership renaming it BedfordPurlieus. English Nature declared the wood a NationalNatureReserve in 2000, in recognition...
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were once part of Rockingham Forest. and they were continuous with BedfordPurlieus woodland until the mid 19th century. An area of the centre of Easton...
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