Chance to buy a tranquil and idyllic Yorkshire wood with deciduous trees plus bilberry and bluebells

There’s a rare chance to own an enchanting wood in rural Calderdale thanks to the sale of a six acre woodland featuring birch, oak, ash, hawthorn and rowan, alomg with holly, bluebells, bilberry and other flowers that fill it with colour in spring and summer.
Sharon Dale
By Sharon Dale
Published 20th Jun 2023, 15:51 BST

The woodland, which is being marketed with a guide price of £40,000 by the specialist agricultural division of Yorkshire estate agent, Dacre, Son & Hartley, is approximately one mile north of the village of Barkisland and is accessed via a grass track beyond Highlee Lane from Scammonden Road. A public footpath also runs from Highlee Lane to the northern most point of the woodland.

The site is a mixed deciduous woodland, which is made up predominantly of mature and regenerated species of trees and it is largely enclosed by a mixture of stone walls and fences, with a beck forming the northern boundary, close to where approximately two-thirds of an acre is also designated ancient and semi-natural woodland.

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Zoe Harrison, a land agent in Dacre, Son & Hartley’s land and agricultural division, said: “This is a lovely stretch of woodland that will appeal to a wide range of buyers. People will be attracted to it for amenity or recreational uses and others will be interested in its environmental credentials and the conservation of its biodiversity, in the battle against climate change.

The six acre woodland for saleThe six acre woodland for sale
The six acre woodland for sale

“It’s a beautiful area, and with a realistic guide price of £40,000, we’re expecting it to generate a lot of interest.”

Earlier this year Dacre, Son & Hartley sold a 20-acre stretch of woodland above Otley, in the village of Weston, following a successful crowdfunding campaign that was organised by Wharfedale residents. More than 1,500 people donated to the campaign which raised £133,000, including a philanthropic loan from environmental campaigner Julia Davies of ‘We Have The Power’.

Further information is available by calling Dacre, Son & Hartley on 01423 877202 or visit www.dacres.co.uk

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