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West Wood has been managed as coppice woodland for at least two hundred years, except that a large area of the northern part was clear felled in the 1930s, removing the standards as well as the coppice. Like Hadleigh Great Wood it is owned by the Church Commissioners. It is managed as a public open space by Castle Point District Council.
Visiting
Accessible from Rayleigh Road (A129), which runs south from the Rayleigh Weir roundabout on the A127 to join the A13 in Hadleigh. You can also walk in via a footpath from Daws Heath Road.
Frequent bus services along Rayleigh Road.
Accessible at all times.
April to June for spring flowers and woodland birdsong.
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Photo © David Corke