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Sandy Lane Spinney

Wood, Forest in Warwickshire North Warwickshire

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Sandy Lane Spinney

Railtour near Daw Mill West Coast Railway Class 33 No. 33025 brings up the rear of a Steam Dreams railtour to Worcester from London Euston. The train is passing the site of the former Daw Mill colliery which closed in 2013 after a fire.
Railtour near Daw Mill Credit: Bob Walters

Sandy Lane Spinney is a beautiful woodland area located in Warwickshire, England. Covering an approximate area of 10 acres, it is situated near the village of Wood, just a few miles from the town of Warwick. The spinney is characterized by its dense forest of predominantly oak and ash trees, creating a serene and picturesque environment.

The woodland is a popular spot for nature enthusiasts and walkers, offering a peaceful retreat away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life. The well-maintained trails meander through the spinney, providing an opportunity to explore the diverse flora and fauna that inhabit the area. Visitors can discover a variety of wildflowers, including bluebells and primroses, which add a colorful touch to the woodland during springtime.

Sandy Lane Spinney is also home to a wide range of wildlife. Birdwatchers will delight in spotting species such as woodpeckers, owls, and various songbirds, while mammals such as foxes, badgers, and rabbits can also be observed in their natural habitat. The spinney is a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) due to its importance for wildlife conservation.

Maintained by the local council, Sandy Lane Spinney offers a tranquil environment for visitors to relax and enjoy the beauty of nature. It is equipped with picnic areas and benches, allowing visitors to take a break and appreciate the peaceful surroundings. The spinney is easily accessible, with a car park located nearby, making it a convenient destination for both locals and tourists alike.

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Railtour near Daw Mill West Coast Railway Class 33 No. 33025 brings up the rear of a Steam Dreams railtour to Worcester from London Euston. The train is passing the site of the former Daw Mill colliery which closed in 2013 after a fire.
Railtour near Daw Mill
West Coast Railway Class 33 No. 33025 brings up the rear of a Steam Dreams railtour to Worcester from London Euston. The train is passing the site of the former Daw Mill colliery which closed in 2013 after a fire.
The Monwode Oak, Monwode Lea This remarkable ancient oak has hollowed and split into two halves, which continue to grow. The tree stands at a field boundary by a public footpath; a boundary fence runs between its two halves. It is overshadowed by a larger, younger oak. The old oak is listed by the Woodland Trust Ancient Tree Inventory as an ancient tree, a pedunculate oak (Quercus robur), 9.32m in girth at a height of 1.4m <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://ati.woodlandtrust.org.uk/tree-search/tree?treeid=224522&from=3523&v=2395484&ml=map&z=16&nwLat=52.521221154191636&nwLng=-1.6090820501422698&seLat=52.514287713370464&seLng=-1.6001985738849456#/" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://ati.woodlandtrust.org.uk/tree-search/tree?treeid=224522&from=3523&v=2395484&ml=map&z=16&nwLat=52.521221154191636&nwLng=-1.6090820501422698&seLat=52.514287713370464&seLng=-1.6001985738849456#/">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span> . Steven Falk has also written about this tree; estimating its age is difficult as so many growth rings are missing, but on the evidence of its girth he believes it may be more than 900 years old. See his The Veteran Trees of Warwickshire <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/349330488_The_Veteran_Trees_of_Warwickshire" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/349330488_The_Veteran_Trees_of_Warwickshire">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span> .
The Monwode Oak, Monwode Lea
This remarkable ancient oak has hollowed and split into two halves, which continue to grow. The tree stands at a field boundary by a public footpath; a boundary fence runs between its two halves. It is overshadowed by a larger, younger oak. The old oak is listed by the Woodland Trust Ancient Tree Inventory as an ancient tree, a pedunculate oak (Quercus robur), 9.32m in girth at a height of 1.4m LinkExternal link . Steven Falk has also written about this tree; estimating its age is difficult as so many growth rings are missing, but on the evidence of its girth he believes it may be more than 900 years old. See his The Veteran Trees of Warwickshire LinkExternal link .
Trunk of an ancient split oak, Monwode Lea This is a close-up of the once hollow, now fully split trunk or bole of the Monwode Oak, with a fence passing through it. For more information, and and a fuller view, see <a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7632512">SP2691 : The Monwode Oak, Monwode Lea</a>.
Trunk of an ancient split oak, Monwode Lea
This is a close-up of the once hollow, now fully split trunk or bole of the Monwode Oak, with a fence passing through it. For more information, and and a fuller view, see SP2691 : The Monwode Oak, Monwode Lea.
A tree of two halves: the Monwode Oak This ancient split oak, with a field boundary fence passing through it, is seen here from the south, with the late afternoon sun falling on it in mid-October. For more information on this remarkable tree, see <a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7632512">SP2691 : The Monwode Oak, Monwode Lea</a>.
A tree of two halves: the Monwode Oak
This ancient split oak, with a field boundary fence passing through it, is seen here from the south, with the late afternoon sun falling on it in mid-October. For more information on this remarkable tree, see SP2691 : The Monwode Oak, Monwode Lea.
The Monwode Oak, viewed from the south This ancient, hollowed out, and now split oak straddles the field boundary. The foliage of its younger neighbour overhangs it at the top left. Monwode Lea Farm and some of its cattle can be seen in the distance. A public footpath crossed the field; there is a stile a short way beyond the tree. For more information about this ancient oak, see <a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7632512">SP2691 : The Monwode Oak, Monwode Lea</a>, which links to its page on the Ancient Tree Inventory of the Woodland Trust and to Steven Falk's study of the Veteran Trees of Warwickshire. This is one of two oaks he has found in the county with a girth of more than 9 metres. The other is 'Shakespeare's Oak' in the park of Stoneleigh Abbey, which is more intact and much better known, but is not near a public right of way. Judging from their girth, he thinks both may be over 900 years old.
The Monwode Oak, viewed from the south
This ancient, hollowed out, and now split oak straddles the field boundary. The foliage of its younger neighbour overhangs it at the top left. Monwode Lea Farm and some of its cattle can be seen in the distance. A public footpath crossed the field; there is a stile a short way beyond the tree. For more information about this ancient oak, see SP2691 : The Monwode Oak, Monwode Lea, which links to its page on the Ancient Tree Inventory of the Woodland Trust and to Steven Falk's study of the Veteran Trees of Warwickshire. This is one of two oaks he has found in the county with a girth of more than 9 metres. The other is 'Shakespeare's Oak' in the park of Stoneleigh Abbey, which is more intact and much better known, but is not near a public right of way. Judging from their girth, he thinks both may be over 900 years old.
Ancient oak tree, Monwode Lea This is a younger neighbour of the venerable Monwode oak tree <a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7632512">SP2691 : The Monwode Oak, Monwode Lea</a>, and stands a short distance away in the same field, which is crossed by a public footpath. 'Younger' for an oak, that is; it is perhaps three or four hundred years old, judging from the girth of 5.6m (at a height of 1.2m, according to the Woodland Trust Ancient Tree Inventory) and the ready reckoner cited by Steven Falk. Its crown is much reduced in size. See its page at the Ancient Tree Inventory <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://ati.woodlandtrust.org.uk/tree-search/tree?treeid=224518&from=3523&v=2395484&ml=map&z=16&nwLat=52.52312719545651&nwLng=-1.609124965486508&seLat=52.51619405544825&seLng=-1.6002414892291839#/" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://ati.woodlandtrust.org.uk/tree-search/tree?treeid=224518&from=3523&v=2395484&ml=map&z=16&nwLat=52.52312719545651&nwLng=-1.609124965486508&seLat=52.51619405544825&seLng=-1.6002414892291839#/">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span> and Falk's The Veteran Trees of Warwickshire <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/349330488_The_Veteran_Trees_of_Warwickshire" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/349330488_The_Veteran_Trees_of_Warwickshire">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span>. It is a pedunculate oak, Quercus robur.
Ancient oak tree, Monwode Lea
This is a younger neighbour of the venerable Monwode oak tree SP2691 : The Monwode Oak, Monwode Lea, and stands a short distance away in the same field, which is crossed by a public footpath. 'Younger' for an oak, that is; it is perhaps three or four hundred years old, judging from the girth of 5.6m (at a height of 1.2m, according to the Woodland Trust Ancient Tree Inventory) and the ready reckoner cited by Steven Falk. Its crown is much reduced in size. See its page at the Ancient Tree Inventory LinkExternal link and Falk's The Veteran Trees of Warwickshire LinkExternal link. It is a pedunculate oak, Quercus robur.
Trunk of an ancient oak, Monwode Lea This is a close-up of the pedunculate oak described at <a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7633187">SP2691 : Ancient oak tree, Monwode Lea</a>, which in turn links to its page on the Ancient Tree Inventory of the Woodland Trust.
Trunk of an ancient oak, Monwode Lea
This is a close-up of the pedunculate oak described at SP2691 : Ancient oak tree, Monwode Lea, which in turn links to its page on the Ancient Tree Inventory of the Woodland Trust.
The Monwode Lea chimney Standing alone in a field, this chimney is the only surviving part of a house built around 1600. It is a Grade II listed building, listed 'for group value', perhaps because a similar chimney survives in a nearby farmhouse in Over Whitacre. The listing can be seen at the Historic England site <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1115600?section=official-list-entry" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1115600?section=official-list-entry">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span> . The chimney shares the field with two ancient oak trees. One can be seen in the background, on the left in a group of three trees, with a younger oak and an ash to the right; see <a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7632512">SP2691 : The Monwode Oak, Monwode Lea</a>. Behind them, on the horizon, extends Arley Wood: a distinctively Warwickshire Arden scene. The chimney appears in an early Geograph from 2006, <a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/108569">SP2691 : A lonely chimney</a>.
The Monwode Lea chimney
Standing alone in a field, this chimney is the only surviving part of a house built around 1600. It is a Grade II listed building, listed 'for group value', perhaps because a similar chimney survives in a nearby farmhouse in Over Whitacre. The listing can be seen at the Historic England site LinkExternal link . The chimney shares the field with two ancient oak trees. One can be seen in the background, on the left in a group of three trees, with a younger oak and an ash to the right; see SP2691 : The Monwode Oak, Monwode Lea. Behind them, on the horizon, extends Arley Wood: a distinctively Warwickshire Arden scene. The chimney appears in an early Geograph from 2006, SP2691 : A lonely chimney.
Oak tree by the roadside, Monwode Lea This fine oak is growing beside the B4114. The wood visible in the distance is Hoar Park.
Oak tree by the roadside, Monwode Lea
This fine oak is growing beside the B4114. The wood visible in the distance is Hoar Park.
Railway line passing north of the Shustoke reservoirs Seen from a footpath crossing. The line of trees hides any views of the reservoirs.
Railway line passing north of the Shustoke reservoirs
Seen from a footpath crossing. The line of trees hides any views of the reservoirs.
Meadow by the railway line The footpath crosses fields towards the Shustoke reservoirs.
Meadow by the railway line
The footpath crosses fields towards the Shustoke reservoirs.
Church at Church End from the north View from the B4114 near the railway bridge, zoom shot. Looking across a gridline.
Church at Church End from the north
View from the B4114 near the railway bridge, zoom shot. Looking across a gridline.
Railway line passing between Furnace End and Church End Looking west from the B4114 bridge.
Railway line passing between Furnace End and Church End
Looking west from the B4114 bridge.
Village scene, Church End, Shustoke Part of an attractive group of houses near the church, with a distinctive stone memorial in the little green island at the lane junction.
Village scene, Church End, Shustoke
Part of an attractive group of houses near the church, with a distinctive stone memorial in the little green island at the lane junction.
Path towards Church End Across the fields on a springtime walk, with the church showing among the hedges and trees.
Path towards Church End
Across the fields on a springtime walk, with the church showing among the hedges and trees.
Pond by countryside footpath The pond is marked on the 1:25,000 map. By the footpath designated the Heart of England Way.
Pond by countryside footpath
The pond is marked on the 1:25,000 map. By the footpath designated the Heart of England Way.
Moat House Lane The eastern end of a tiny country lane near Shustoke.
Moat House Lane
The eastern end of a tiny country lane near Shustoke.
Fields towards Moat House Farm Awaiting planting, the bare field reveals the reddish soils of the area.
Fields towards Moat House Farm
Awaiting planting, the bare field reveals the reddish soils of the area.
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Sandy Lane Spinney is located at Grid Ref: SP2591 (Lat: 52.518513, Lng: -1.6256072)

Administrative County: Warwickshire

District: North Warwickshire

Police Authority: Warwickshire

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