Hainault Forest

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About this wood

Grand in size, stature and origins, Hainault Forest today is, in fact, just a tiny remnant of what was once the “Forest of Essex”. Never the less this is a site of national historic, cultural and landscape importance. A former hunting forest and created to provide venison for the King’ table, it’s one of the best surviving medieval forest of its kind, dominated by the distinctive top heavy and distorted shapes of veteran hornbeam pollards which the Woodland Trust is working hard to revitalize.

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Hainault Forest

Size:
113.35 ha (280.09 acres)
Near:
Romford, Essex
Grid ref:
TQ473936
OS map sheets:
  • OS Landranger 177
  • Explorer 174

SSSI, ASNW

Features:

  • Information board at site
  • Car park at site
  • Good views
  • Waymarked walk
  • Grassland
  • Is woodland creation site
  • Mainly broadleaved woodland
  • Free leaflet available
  • Special wildlife interest
  • Well worth a visit
  • Autumn colour
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