A rarity in Suffolk, Wadd Fen Wood is small woodland tucked away at the back of Snape village. Snape is well-know as the home of Benjamin Britten's music at Snape Maltings, the international venue for Aldeburgh Music. Nearby is the RSPB's Botany Marshes, a project to create reed beds to replace those soon to be lost to the sea at Minsmere. Adjacent is the Gromford Meadow SSSI a good example of an unimproved base-rich marsh on an alluvial soil with a high organic content, borders the River Fromus and is also fed by springs. It is species-rich and contains a variety of characteristic fen meadow and marshland plants. Many of these plants will be found in this woodland, although it is not so designated. It is in the East Suffolk Special Landscape Area.  

Native willow, hornbeam, alder, hawthorn, ash, oak. The trees along the drainage ditches are ancient, the ones in
the middle some were planted in 1980’s and the rest naturally grown. The soil is highly fertile with rampant summer growth, as it dies down in the winter better internal access is possible. Dense bamboo has colonised areas to the north of the woodland giving shelter to the deer.

There are some old ponds with small fish and a short spring fed stream. Eels and fresh water oysters, some with pearls, have been found in the river. Neolithic flint tools have been found in the river bed and banks. Fishing rights extend to the centre of these water courses, although mostly small coarse fish.

Land at entrance to the track: Although over grown there is hardstanding. Once cleared would be a useful parking area for the woodland.

The land is subject to a residential development overage of 45% of the uplift in value of the land until 2039, but only if sold on.

Boundaries   On three sides there are water courses with the boundary along the centre.  The river Fromus on the south, the south east there is a clear dyke, to the north west there is the dyke although somewhat overgrown. The north is the line with the neighbours garden.

Access   Is off Wadd Lane and along its 'Private Carriage and Occupation track' This harks back to the 'Enclosures' and gives the woodlnd a full right of way.  At present it is over-grown, although walkable. This could be cleared back for vehicle access. It is about 16' wide.

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