The
Unofficial WebsiteHeritage Woodlands
Bassingthorpe Spring
Birch Wood
Canklow Woods
Falconer & Hail Mary Wood
Gibbing Greave & Herringthorpe Wood
Grange Park Heritage Woodland
Scholes Coppice & Bray Plantation
Treeton Wood
Wath Wood & Boyd Royd Wood
Wickersley Wood
These areas of woodland in the Borough of Rotherham have been given Heritage
Woodland status which means that the area has been woodland for at least four hundred years. In
2005 a series of leaflets are available about Heritage Woodlands. I picked mine up at Rotherham
Show but if you are interested contact the Woodland Officer on 01709 822177.
For more information about visiting the woods, land forms, rocks and soils, history and heritage, plants, trees and vegetation, birds and animals, walks, educational use, woodland restoration and management work involved in each wood visit the website at Heritage Woodlands in South Yorkshire www.heritagewoodsonline.co.uk.
If you are interested in more about the woodlands in Rotherham there is an erudite tome for you to peruse or purchase at Rotherham Library:-
Rotherham's Woodland Heritage by Melvyn Jones.