Shut Heath Wood

Shut Heath Wood
Type Nature reserve
Location Great Totham, Essex
OS grid TL 853 133
Area 20.2 hectares
Managed by Essex Wildlife Trust

Shut Heath Wood is a 20.2 hectare nature reserve Essex. It is managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust.[1]

Over half this site is managed as farmland, and the rest is ancient oak woodland also has coppiced sweet chestnut and hornbeam, with an understorey of ash, elder and hazel. Invertebrates include damselflies, dragonflies, glow-worms and wood ants.[1]

There is access by a footpath from Tiptree Road.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Shut Heath Wood". Essex Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
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Coordinates: 51°47′17″N 0°41′06″E / 51.788°N 0.685°E / 51.788; 0.685

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