§ Mr. TippingTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list all Forestry Commission woodlands currently on the market, indicating for each(a) its time on the market, (b) its approximate size, (c) its location relative to a town or village and (d) whether an access agreement has been made to ensure continuing public access. [6092]
§ Mr. Kynoch[holding answer 14 December 1995]The following Forestry Commission woodlands are currently for sale on the open market:
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Name of property Area (hectares) Time on market (months) Location (m=miles) England Buckinghamshire Stoke Park Wood 64 3 6m north of Milton Keynes Cambridgeshire Great and Little Widgham Woods 55 3 6m south of Newmarket Salome Wood 23 3 8m north west of Huntingdon Cornwall Port Eliot 76 26 6m west of Plymouth Prideaux 24 4 3m north east of St. Austell Wheal Par 6 5 2m north east of St. Austell Cumbria Bird Dyke (part) 9 3 8m east of Whitehaven Chalk Plains 40 3 6m east of Wigtown Denton Fell 627 3 5m east of Brampton Leesrigg Plantation 17 3 15m south west of Carlisle Nuthill and Simpson's Wood 14 3 5m east of Cockermouth Sunderland Gill 28 3 5m north east of Cockermouth Derbyshire Kennel Wood 5 14 4m south east of Matlock Moorhall Wood 8 14 5m north of Matlock Devon Deershill 11 5 2m south east of Great Torrington Durham Stanley Wood Cottages 31 26 3m north of Crook Humberside Grenwickdale Wood 37 20 6m south west of Pocklington Kent Cole Wood1 22 4 4m south west of Ashford
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Name of property Area (hectares) Time on market (months) Location (m=miles) Lancashire Tythe Barn Plantation 8 3 3m east of Carnforth Leicestershire Bolt Wood 27 3 3m south west of Uppingham Clipsham (part) 14 14 8m south west of Bourne Lincolnshire Hurn Wood 9 3 5m south east of Grantham Norfolk Foulden Broom Covert 6 3 3m north west of Munford Great Wood Outliers 18 3 7m south west of Aysham Old Wood, Sheringham 23 1 2m south of Sheringham West Rudham 78 2 7m south west of Fakenham North Yorkshire Seaton Ross Woods 43 26 2m west of Holme on Spalding Moor Northamptonshire Sandpit Copse 3 14 8m north of Milton Keynes Nottinghamshire Dilliner Wood 20 2 6m north west of Newark on Trent Nut Wood 9 14 6m north west of Newark on Trent Shropshire Coed Detton 14 61 1m north of Knighton Somerset Higher Bitcombe 30 61 4m south west of Frome South Yorkshire Greensprings Wood 12 26 5m south of Barnsley Old Park Wood1 41 26 4m south west of Barnsley Owston and Duckholt Woods 66 4 4m north of Doncaster Suffolk Barthorps Folly 6 3 6m south east of Woodbridge Warwickshire Wappenbury Wood 74 2 3m south of Coventry Wiltshire Heywood 20 1 lm north of Chippenham Southgrove 39 1 7m south east of Marlborough
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Name of property Area (hectares) Time on market (months) Location (m=miles) Scotland Borders Edgarhope 143 9 1m west of Lauder Priesthaugh1 787 4 7m south west of Hawick Dumfries and Galloway Glaik 68 9 5m west of Stranraer Grampian Auchinroath Plantation 62 8 1m north of Rothes Auqharney (part)1 133 14 8m west of Peterhead Elchies Blocks 103 3 In Archiestown Glenbuchat 539 13 2m east of Dufftown Tulloch Wood1 239 5 2m east of Dufftown Highland Abriachan Plantation 865 14 1m east of Drumnadrochit Ardelve, Arvernish Wood 26 30 5m south east of Kyle of Lochalsh Achrugan1 559 17 20m west of Thurso Tor Clunes and Castle Spynie 138 1 4m south of Beauly Strathclyde Ardmarnock1 1,284 5 1m north of Portavadie Ardbreaknish 119 2 2m west of Cladish Crookedstane 347 3 4m south of Elvanfoot Daljarrock 51 9 10m south of Girvan Docherneil 83 9 2m north of Pinwherry Ford 57 2 12m north of Lochgilphead Glenmard 56 9 1m north of Girvan Little Clyde 650 3 4m south of Elvanfoot Tayside Camusericht 304 15 13m west of Kinloch Warroch 68 5 5m west of Kinross Wales Clwyd Blackthorn Covert 22 5 1m south west of Abergele Castle Great Wood 49 5 1m west of Ahergele Coed Melin y Moch 12 15 3m west of Ruthin Crown Wood 29 21 2m west of Holywell Dyfed Allt Cil y Llyn Fawr 3 36 5m west of Llandovery Allt Maestir 23 2 2m north west of Lampeter Blaenwaun Wood 6 2 1m north of Lampeter Cilflower Wood 3 4 2m south east of Cardigan Falcondale Big Wood 10 2 1m north of Lampeter Hen Feddau, Ty Hen and Long Wood 23 2 1m north west of Lampeter Penhill Wood 4 9 1m south east of Llandovery Ty'r Shyme 6 4 6m north of Carmarthen Waun Baglan1 26 7 2m south of Kidwelly Wern Fach 4 36 3m north east of Lampeter Gwent Craig yr Arail 58 6 1m north of Abertillery Gwynedd Aberdunant (part) 16 15 2m north of Portmadog Amnodd Wood 88 5 6m east of Trawsfynydd Cefn Glas 12 5 6m east of Trawsfynydd Cwm Prysor 56 5 5m east of Trawsfynydd Factory Covert 5 3 3m north west of Criccieth
Name of property Area (hectares) Time on market (months) Location (m=miles) Gwinllan Rhos Ddu 10 3 3m north west of Criccieth Rhiwbach and Tyddyn Bach1 106 8 2m east of Bleinau Ffestiniog Ynysfor (part) 4 14 3m north of Portmadog Powys Dafarneithin Hill 10 2 2m east of Rhayader Llandegley Rhos 37 2 3m east of Llandrindod Wells Wern Wood 13 2 2m west of Welshpool Y Wern1 453 2 3m north east of Ystradgynlais Ysfa 9 2 2m south east of Rhayader West Glamorgan Graig Ynysgollen 10 10 4m north east of Neath Nant y Stalwyn1 44 27 1m east of Seven Sisters 1Woodlands 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 agreement.