About this wood
Gaywood Plantation is small woodland, adjacent to a residential area, on the outskirts of Kings Lynn. The wood is characterised by large mature oaks with a hazel coppice under storey. There are two ponds in the north western corner of the wood and several open ditches running through it. There is a main ride running east - west through the wood and many other paths that cross it. It is well used by dog walkers, young people and for access to the adjacent housing estate.
The Rookery, to the west of Gaywood, is a plantation of mature, even-aged oaks over grass. The Borough Council of Kings Lynn and West Norfolk maintain the street lighting and tarmac paths that cross the area.
Management access is by way of the tarmac path between 53 and 55 Parkway, in the north west corner, where there is an unlocked metal management gate. A 12 inch surface water sewer passes alongside the track which runs from the gate to the southern boundary.
Gaywood Plantation and The Rookery have open boundaries that are largely surrounded by tarmac paths. The boundary of the woodland is 2 metres from the edge of these paths. Garden fences form the boundary along the northern edge of The Rookery. To the north and east there is a large council housing estate, to the west there is a school with metal railings and the open land over the large drain to the south may be developed in the future. There is both an electricity sub station and an Anglian Water plant to the south east of the site.
