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Last updated 1/02/12

 

The Parish Council commissioned a report about the Management of the Woods with a view to establishing a Management Plan. This page contains the main overview and the links at the bottom of each page take you to the various appendices - the Ecological Management Plan, the Tree location plan and the Tree Index.

Overview
Situated due south of High Street, Harlton, The Clunch Pit is a sloping area of 1.5 hectares of mixed woodland that is owned by Harlton Parish Council. The elevation falls from 63 metres above sea level in the south to 48 m above sea level in the northern section of the wood.

Mention of the clunch (a form of clay/chalk used regionally as a building material) from this pit is made in relation to the building of Cambridge castle and the Enclosure Act as applied to Harlton in the early 19th century.

Location
Located at Ordnance Survey grid reference TL390520,

Plan of Harlton Woods
the wood is traversed by a public right of way that starts as a public track that runs from High Street, Harlton adjacent to the Harlton Parish Council notice board. This track is owned by Cambridgeshire County Council highways department. After about 270 metres the track becomes a public footpath at the entrance to The Clunch Pit which then snakes south through the wood until crossing the southern boundary as shown on the plan.

 
Ecological Management Plan Tree Plan Tree listing and actions required Next Page of Report