§ Mr. TippingTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the number, area and location of woods currently offered for sale by the Forestry Commission in(a) England, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales, indicating those for which a legal agreement to protect public access on foot has been made and, for all woods, the length of time they have been on the market. [37500]
§ Mr. Kynoch[holding answer 18 October 1995]: The following Forestry Commission woodlands are currently for sale on the open market:
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County/Region Name of property Area (hectares) Time on market(months) England Buckinghamshire New Sowed Wood 2 4 Stoke Park Wood 64 1 Cambridgeshire Great and Little Widgam Woods 55 1 Salome Wood 23 1 Cornwall New Road Plantation 16 3 Port Eliot, Bones 13 24 Port Eliot, 24 Branchcombe 2 Port Eliot, Perdredda 54 24 Port Eliot, Rytha 24 Plantation 11 Prideaux 24 2 Treworgey Wood 17 3 Cumbria Bird Dyke, Lamplugh (part) 9 1 Chalk Plains 40 1 Denton Fell 627 1 Leesrigg Plantation 17 1 Nuthill and Simpson's Wood 14 1 Sunderland Gill 28 1 Derbyshire Kennel Wood 6 12 Moorhall Wood 8 12 Devon Deershill 11 3 Hawkmoor 22 27 Knowle Wood 8 2 Little Silver/Crowball Wood 8 3 New Moor Plantation 12 3 Durham Stanley Wood Cottages 31 24 Humberside Greenwickdale Wood 37 18 Isle of Wight Kemphill Moor 20 4 Kent Cole Wood 22 2 Lancashire Tythe Barn Plantation 8 1 Leicestershire Bolt Wood 27 1 Clipsham (part) 14 12 697W
County/Region Name of property Area (hectares) Time on market(months) Lincolnshire Hum Wood 9 1 Norfolk Foulden Broom Covert 6 1 Great Wood Outliers 18 1 North Yorkshire Seaton Ross Woods 43 24 Northamptonshire Sandpit Copse 3 12 Nottinghamshire Nut Wood 9 12 Shropshire Cantlop Woods, Lot 1 13 3 Cantlop Woods, Lot 2 10 3 Cantlop Woods, Lot 3 8 3 Coed Detton 14 59 Somerset Higher Bitcombe 30 59 South Yorkshire Greensprings Wood 12 24 Old Park Wood1 41 24 Owston and Duck Holt Woods 66 2 Suffolk Barthorps Folly 6 1 Scotland Borders Edgarhope 143 7 Priesthaugh1 787 2 Dumfries and Dalquhairn 180 2 Galloway Glenshimmeroch 178 2 Grampian Auchinroath Plantation 62 6 Auqharney1 133 12 Drybridge Woodlands 52 3 Glenbuchat 530 11 Hillockhead 42 3 Malcolm Wood 14 3 Rhynagoup Woods 52 3 Rosarie Strip 23 9 Tulloch Wood1 239 3 Wangie Plantations 47 3 Highland Avriachan Plantation 865 12 Achrugan1 559 15 Culdrach Plantation 58 8 Tote Plantation 421 8 Uig Plantation 40 8 Strathclyde Ardmarnock1 1,284 3 Caladh1 153 3 Crookedstane 347 1 Daljarrock 51 7 Dererach Plantation 177 3 Docherneil 83 7 Glenmard 56 7 Little Clyde 650 1 Scoor Wood(part) 360 33 Uluvalt 197 3 Tayside Camusericht 304 13 Upper Glenprosen 230 8 Warroch 68 3 Wales Clwyd Blackthorn Covert 22 3 Castle Great Wood 49 3 Coed Melin y Moch 12 13
County/Region Name of property Area (hectares) Time on market(months) Dyfed Allt Cil y Llyn Fawr 3 34 Cilflower Wood 3 2 Penhill Wood 4 7 Ty'r Shyme 6 34 Waun Baglan1 26 5 Gwent Craig yr Arail 56 4 Gwynedd Aberdunant(part) 16 12 Amnodd Wood 88 3 Beudu Mawr 8 1 Cabin Wood 18 1 Cefn Glas 12 3 Cwm Prysor 56 3 Factory Covert 5 1 Glyn Covert1 7 1 Gwinllan Rhos Dhu 10 1 Gwinllan y Gaerwen1 9 1 Rhiwbach and Tyddyn Bach1 106 8 Ynysfor (part) 4 12 West Glamorgan Graig Ynysgollen 10 8 Nant y Stalwyn1 44 25 1 Woodlands where a legal agreement to protect public access on foot has been concluded. For the other woodlands, either the local authority or a third party with an interest has declined to enter into an access agreeement.