Fineshade Wood

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Fineshade Wood is an ancient mixed broadleaf and conifer woodland with waymarked walks, car park and Caravan Club site. The wood contains rich semi-natural native woodland, as well as areas of conifers that are gradually being restored to site-native broadleaf woodland under the 'Ancient Woodland Project'. The wood was coppiced for many centuries, and the remnant coppice banks can still be seen. The coppice was used in the past for charcoal making, and there is evidence of medieval and Roman iron smelting in the wood. Leaflets are available from the atrium in Top Lodge, near the car park and caravan site entrance.

Visitor centre facility opening hours are 10am till 5pm daily.

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How to get there:

Fineshade Wood is part of Rockingham Forest. Corby / Stamford is the nearest town or village.

Fineshade is signposted from the A43, 9 miles northeast of Corby, and 6 miles southwest of Stamford. The postcode for SatNavs & Route Finders is NN17 3BB.

OS Grid Reference: SP 978984
For details of public transport visit http://www.transportdirect.info

Start your visit from:

The Little Barn Conference and Meeting Room
Top Lodge Fineshade Wood

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User Comments

5 Stars
I used the hide at fineshade managed to get some very nice images of a woodpecker and i saw a deer.Great location.

steve nurthen, 6/Nov/2011

I was walking yesterday past the eastern corner of Buxton Wood (TL002990) and came across a huge beech tree. It looks as if it should be famous. My guess is that it was coppiced a long time ago. Is there any info. that you can add? Many Thanks

Mick Moore, 14/Aug/2011

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Ive taken my dog here a few times now and he enjoys it as much as i do, hes only a small dog so its nice to have a choice of distances to walk as hes not always up for a long walk, expesh when its warm. Just a comment ref Su S comment made about Dog Poo Bins, if you read the signs it states that you are to use a stick to flick the dog poo off the paths and into the wood. I think this is a great idea as stops for the need of Dog Poo Bins which in most places get overfilled and makes the place look untidy

John, 26/May/2011

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