Bearswood Common, Malvern Hills, Herefordshire

Bearswood Common offers a chance to buy a small natural woodland area in the northern end of the Malvern Hills. It is populated primarily with a variety of species of broadleaf trees, with mature trees interspersed with overstood coppice. There are areas of bracken which could be infilled with planting of new trees, or left to continue as clearings in the wood. Areas of the wood, particularly near the entrance gate, carry a dense covering of wild garlic in the spring.

Access: access to the woodland is over an unclassified road that serves a number of houses, and terminates at Bearswood Farm a short distance beyond the wood.  There is vehicular access directly into the wood over a grassy track (see photo 14) leading to an entrance gate, that is not as steep as it looks at first sight, and could be levelled a bit to make access even easier. This track is part of the wood. The track then runs the entire length of the wood, providing easy access to all areas.

Boundaries:  the boundaries adjoining the road on the western side, and the track on the eastern side are fenced. The boundaries with adjoining land at the southern end of the wood are also fenced (and marked on the attached wood map).  The northern boundary is not fenced, but is marked with green paint on trees.

National Landscape: The wood is within the Malvern Hills National Landscape (or Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, as it used to be known).

Sporting rights: Included.  The current owners intend to apply a 'no shooting' covenant, with the wording to be agreed during the sale.

Mineral rights: Included.

Public access: there are no public footpaths in the wood. The land is designated as common land however, which gives the public right of access on foot, but not with vehicles, bikes, or horses. Adjoining common land uphill from the wood for sale, and Coney Cuthill Common to the south, tend to be used more often, and there is easier parking for Coney Cuthill Common.

Local area: the wood is only 5 miles from Great Malvern, 10 miles from Worcester and 16 miles from Junction 7 of the M5. The Night Owl Brewery is in Storridge, two miles away, and the Red Lion Inn, just over a mile from the wood, is worth a visit.

VIEWING: You are welcome to visit this wood by yourself.  Please ensure that you have a copy of these sales details with you: we recommend either printing the details or downloading them to your phone/tablet/laptop before you go. Please take care when viewing as the great outdoors can contain unexpected hazards and woodlands are no exception.

PARKING WHEN VIEWING: please do not block access to nearby houses and fields.  As an owner you would park in the wood, but when viewing there is an area of roadside verge designated for parking (see wood map) towards the northern end of the wood. There is a pedestrian gate into the wood next to this area.

Interested in this woodland? Get in touch with us:

Contact Sandra Colley on 07769654392 or email us at [email protected] with your details.