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Beeslack Wood

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About this wood

LOCATION Beeslack Wood is situated within the town of Penicuik, Mid Lothian, off the A701 trunk road. The horseshoe-shaped site surrounds the grounds of Beeslack Community High School and Aaron House, a residential care home. Much of the woodland lies on the valley sides of the River North Esk, which forms the eastern boundary of the site, and of its tributary, the Loan Burn, which runs through the southern arm of the wood.

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"Beeslack is a fantastic ancient woodland for spring flowers with carpets of wood anemone, wood sorrel and moschatel. "

Alan Mitchell, 17 August 2009

Beeslack Wood

Size:

13.28 ha (32.82 acres)

Near:

Penicuik, Midlothian

Grid ref:

NT246614

OS map sheets:

OS Landranger 66
Explorer 344

ASNW

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