Oak woods are always magical places, but to find one in such a beautiful setting is exceptional. The area around North Tawton is known as  Devon's forgotten heart and feels a million miles away from the tourist traps around the coast. Yet, twenty minutes south is the north edge of Dartmoor. Tawton Wood, approached through narrow lanes between the villages of North Tawton and Bondleigh, is a gently sloping, mature oak woodland with newer growth of beech, silver birch, hazel and holly under the oak canopy.

There are spectacular areas of spring wildflowers including violets, bluebells, red campion, primrose and thyme-leaved sandwort. The ground is mostly firm and dry, but there are some small wetter areas too that would be suitable for making ponds. Badgers, owls and other wildlife are well established and the birdsong is about loudest thing you will hear when you visit. The wood is surrounded by other woodland on three sides and by farmland on the other. This is rural England at its best, and Tawton Wood has the marvellous combination of seclusion and accessibility that gives you the opportunity for a real escape from the hurley-burley of the modern world. At just over eight acres, there is plenty to explore and much to see. A real gem of a wood.

Tawton Wood is within an area classified as ancient woodland

Coventant   "will not use the property nor permit the Property to be used for motor cross, motorcycle scrambling or other comparable activity or sport."

Access  is along the right of way through a locked gate off the public highway and along a woodland track. Where shared aintenance is according to use made.

Boundaries   are either wood banks or along the eastern side free-standing stakes.

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Viewing: You are welcome to visit this wood by yourself, but please ensure that you have a copy of these sales details with you - many of our woodlands do not have mobile phone reception or internet access so we recommend either printing the details or downloading them to your phone or tablet. Please take care when viewing as the great outdoors can contain unexpected hazards and woodlands are no exception.

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