Orton Longueville

Orton longueville Wood is a valuable site for amenity use being within easy reach of several large residential areas and adjoining a large school. Access to into the wood is easy as most of the southern boundary and large parts on the northern end of the wood have no barriers, the rest is bounded by private gardens or security fencing around the school boundaries. It is also a conspicuous landscape feature not least because of the avenue of large Wellingtonias, which dominate the southern arm of the wood (planted between 1859 and 1861). It is almost the only area of mature woodland in the City of Peterborough south of the River Nene and for that reason is an important wildlife resource.