This wood is the larger of the three that can be found at Stoke Park, 4 Hectares in size it is situated to the north of the Park and skirts around the back of Spectrum and is the main woodland that also forms part of Riverside Park.  It would have originally been linked to both Peacock and Jubilee Woodland and has been dissected by the A3, which cut off a small section of woodland now located in Riverside Park.  The Semi Ancient Natural Woodland is predominantly oak with sycamore and hazel.  If you look hard enough you can come across some rather splendid and huge lime and Horse chestnut trees the latter being regularly used by Kestrels to nest.

Access/furniture
Access via Parkway, the rear of Spectrum or from Riverside Park.  The footpath to the rear of Spectrum is metalled and fine for wheelchairs and prams.

Habitat
Mixed broadleaf woodland, predominantly oak with lime and ash an understorey of hazel and hawthorn.  The woodlands structure has slowly become less as pressure from the formal parkland setting and high public usage increases.

Management
Reactive tree works and some tree planting is carried out annually.

Trees and Countryside Section
Parks and Countryside Services
Guildford Borough Council
Stoke Park Nursery
Nightingale Road
Guildford
Surrey
GU1 1ER

Tel: 01483 444771
Email: countryside@guildford.gov.uk