BROCKLEHIRST WOOD

Details for this wood

Guide price: £59,000 - Freehold
Size: about 3.5 acres

Location: MOUSWALD, near DUMFRIES, DUMFRIES & GALLOWAY.
OS Landranger: 85
Grid ref: NY 050 735
Nearest post code: DG1 4PZ

Contact: David & Sarah Alty
Phone: 07795 104 594
Email: [email protected]

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Brocklehirst Wood presents a rare opportunity to purchase an attractive mixed woodland featuring, a small stream and conveniently located close to Dumfries.

The entrance to the wood from the trackside entrance marker is along a short path leading directly to the heart of the wood. Towering trees rise from the woodland floor, creating the sense of a much larger woodland. The mix of conifer and broadleaf gives year-round greenery and a relatively open canopy, allowing light to penetrate through to the understorey. Scots pine and spruce are the main conifer species, with a surprisingly wide variety of native broadleafs making up the remainder. Ash, sycamore, yew, elm and birch are scattered throughout with a fringe of lime and rhododendron along the trackside boundary. Beneth the lofty giants, bramble, fern and foxglove carpet the woodland floor with a variety of mosses covering decaying stumps and boughs.

A small free-flowing stream which rises within the wood is populated along its banks with a range of flourishing water-loving plants.

The wood is largely flat and easy to traverse, with several open glades both along the burn and within the woodland itself, ideal for creating a private and secluded camp base. 

There is a growing interest in hut, bothy and temporary shelter building, especially in Scotland; for those interested in erecting a hut or shelter, here is some interesting and very helpful guidance from Reforesting Scotland’s Thousand Hut Campaign. Your Local Planning Authority should also be consulted.

Local area: Brocklehirst Wood is in a rural location, immediately surrounded by farmland with other woodland and forestry nearby. Across the valley and the far bank of the River Nith rises the imposing bulk of Criffel with imposing views across the Solway to the north Cumbrian coastline. Caelaverock Castle is but a few miles down the road, as is the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust centre, both well worth a visit.

Viewing: You are welcome to view this woodland at any time during daylight hours. We do ask that you download a copy of these particulars and take them along to help correctly identify the boundaries and access points.

Access: Access is via the B724 and then by right of way over a private track.

Sporting rights: The sporting rights are owned and included in the sale.

Boundaries: The boundaries of the wood are as shown in the detail map

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Directions

Brocklehirst Wood is located on the B724 about 6 miles east of Dumfries.

Directions

Satnav: the postcode DG1 4PZ is for the point shown by the red dot on the location map. 

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For Directions From Bing Maps CLICK HERE; enter your own postcode (Brocklehirst Wood entrance coordinates are already entered) and click on the blue "Go" box.

Or use our directions:

  • From the Dumfries ring road, take the A75 east.
  • After 2.5 miles, turn right onto the B724 signposted Clarencefield & Racks.
  • Continue for 4.8 miles until you see the lodge and entrance gate to Brocklehirst House.
  • Turn left through the gate; the entrance to the wood is clearly marked on the right a short distance up the drive.
  • Park safely to the side of the road, ensuring other users can pass and continue on foot.
  • From the M6/A74M
  • Take junction 22 and travel for 16.5 miles towards Dumfries.
  • You will pass an agricultural contractor at Dalton, shortly after, take a left along an unmarked minor road.
  • Continue for 0.7 miles and turn right onto the B724 at Mouswald Church.
  • Continue for 1 mile until you see the lodge and entrance gate to Brocklehirst House.
  • Turn right through the gate; the entrance to the wood is clearly marked on the right, a short distance up the drive.
  • Park safely to the side of the road, ensuring other users can pass and continue on foot.

 

 

Please note: the particulars with plans, maps, descriptions and measurements are for reference only and although carefully checked we cannot guarantee their accuracy and do not form part of any contract. Any intending purchasers must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise as to the correctness of these particulars.

Interested in this woodland? Get in touch with us:

Contact David & Sarah Alty on 07795 104 594 or email us at [email protected] with your details.