Restoring Hazel coppice for product and biodiversity at Horsley Wood.

Living Woods is undertaking a programme of woodland management to restore Hazel coppice, produce an increasing range of coppice products for market and enhance biodiversity.

Mark Shipperlee, Operations Director of Living Woods will lead a guided walk through Horsley Wood, looking at management techniques, habitat improvement, and issues of disease and deer, etc.

As Living Woods seeks to gain some woodland product income, support nature and provide volunteering opportunities, the site demonstrates the development of the work programme in each coup - providing lots of topics for discussion as we walk.

Part of the aim is to understand more about planning woodland management, from working in existing woodlands, to desiging and creating new woodlands.

Please do bring a packed lunch and something to drink. This is an outdoor event so please wear warm, waterproof clothing and footwear.

The site is just south of Horsley village which can be found just off the A69, west of Heddon on the Wall.

Horsley Wood can be found at the bottom of Mill Way which is in Horsley village, next to a converted chapel. There is parking in the wood at the bottom of Mill Way, please pull through the open gate and follow track round to the left and park on the left side – it is mostly all hard standing.

The What3words is ///easily.yelled.vest - https://w3w.co/easily.yelled.vest

Google maps is https://goo.gl/maps/Ru6a93VRL8KbwPjD8

Grid reference - NZ098649 https://gridreferencefinder.com/#gr=NZ0980064900|NZ098649|1

The price is £18 including VAT.

Info: Mark Shipperlee, Operations Director of Living Woods will lead a guided walk through Horsley Wood, looking at management techniques, habitat improvement, and issues of disease and deer, etc.