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Aversley Wood

Aversley Wood
Attraction: Nature & Wildlife
Activities: Cycling, Walking
Admission Charge: Free
Age Range: Ages 11 to 18 years, Ages 5 to 11 years, Under 5's
Area: Aversley, Sawtry
Town: Peterborough
County: Cambridgeshire
Website: http://www.wt-woods.org.aversleywood
Facilities: Outdoor Activities
Opening Days: Daily
Opening Periods: All Year
Description
Aversley Wood lies on a prominent flat topped ridge at the western edge of the Cambridgeshire fens, south-west of Sawtry and the A1(M). The wood is one of the largest Ancient Semi-Natural woodlands in Cambridgeshire and forms an important landscape feature. It is surrounded on all sides by intensively farmed land-arable and grassland although there are some managed hedges abutting the wood. Archers wood (also owned by the Woodland Trust) is 0.5 km south of Aversley Wood.

Aversley Wood harbours a population of Muntjac deer and also contains 12 species of butterfly and at least 37 species of bird. Of specific interest are black hairstreak butterfly, white admiral and white letter hairstreak.

Access to Aversley Wood is from Sawtry village in the east or Bullock Road public byeway to the west.  A public footpath abuts the eastern boundary of Aversley Wood. There is a good path and ride network, some of which is very muddy in the winter.




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