Medieval hunting forest in Northamptonshire, England
Salcey Forest
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Location
Northamptonshire
Grid reference
SP 809 510[1]
Interest
Biological
Area
159.6 hectares (394 acres)[1]
Notification
1984[1]
Location map
Magic Map
Salcey Forest is a fragment of a former medieval hunting forest east of the village of Hartwell, between Northampton and Newport Pagnell in Northamptonshire. It is managed by Forestry England and to promote biodiversity, and is also commercially exploited for timber products.[2] The eastern third of the forest, an area of 159.6 hectares, is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).[1][3]
^ abcd"Designated Sites View: Salcey Forest". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
^"Salcey Forest: Wildlife and Environment". Forestry Commission. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
^"Map of Salcey Forest". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
SalceyForest is a fragment of a former medieval hunting forest east of the village of Hartwell, between Northampton and Newport Pagnell in Northamptonshire...
SalceyForest railway station was a short-lived railway station in England, on the Stratford-upon-Avon, Towcester and Midland Junction Railway which opened...
the Forestry Commission, who also manage neighbouring woods such as SalceyForest and Yardley Chase. Parts of the wood are protected as an SSSI, especially...
A royal forest, occasionally known as a kingswood (Latin: silva regis), is an area of land with different definitions in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland...
found in many ancient forests in Britain. Many such forests have named druid oaks. There are also rare examples at SalceyForest, in Northamptonshire....
"Rockingham Forest - The Forest". Rockingham Forest Trust. Archived from the original on 13 June 2007. Retrieved 28 June 2012. "SalceyForest". Forestry Commission...
New Forest, Hampshire Parkhurst Forest, Isle of Wight Puzzlewood, in the Forest of Dean Queen's Wood, London Ryton Woods, Warwickshire SalceyForest, Northamptonshire...
Vict. c. 91)) SalceyForest Act 1825 (repealed) 6 Geo. 4. c. 132 6 July 1825 An Act for dividing, allotting and inclosing the Forest of Salcey, in the Counties...
2012. Francis 2007, p. 19. National Archives – A History of 72 MU: SalceyForest National Archives – A History of 73 MU: Okehampton National Archives...
withdrawn on 31 March 1893. It is arguable that Stoke Bruern along with SalceyForest have a claim to have had the shortest passenger service of any British...
Great (24, 25 and 26 July). In the Middle Ages the parish was part of SalceyForest and Hanslope Park was originally a medieval deer park. Much later, the...
SalceyForest". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original on 20 August 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2017. "Salcey...
from the end of June to mid July. List of butterflies of Great Britain SalceyForest Yardley Chase "euroButterflies". Retrieved 18 August 2018. van Swaay...
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