Silkstone Common
Woodland Trust wood
Size:
4.90 ha (12.11 acres)
Grid reference:
SE294037
Map reference:
Explorer 278
OS Landranger 110
In season this wood greets you with a carpet of bluebells, ramsons and dog's mercury, with a canopy of oak, sycamore, ash and beech above your head. An old mining area and site of the Husker Pit disaster of 1838. It has a rich historical context.
