Grange Wood

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Discover Grange Wood through woodland life, thoughtful visits and a connection with nature.

Grange Wood in photographs

A collection of genuine photographs from Grange Wood, taken across the seasons — from the wild garlic of spring to the turning leaves and laden berries of autumn. Each image records the woodland as it is: unhurried, layered and alive.

A narrow earth path winding through late-summer scrub and bramble beneath the Grange Wood canopy
A narrow path passing through a natural archway of hawthorn laden with dark red berries in early autumn
A grassy path threading through a hawthorn arch heavy with berries, scrub and bramble either side
Rosebay willowherb gone to seed, a mass of feathery white plumes above hawthorn scrub in early autumn
Rosebay willowherb (Chamerion angustifolium) in full seed, feathery heads against a backdrop of green scrub
Rosebay willowherb seed heads filling the frame, pale and wispy against rowan berries in the background
A leaf-carpeted path beneath a lime tree canopy beginning to turn yellow-green in early autumn
A path curving into Grange Wood under an arch of lime branches with yellowing autumn leaves
A leaf-strewn path winding beneath limes, the canopy beginning to colour in early October
A narrow earth path passing between rough grassland and oak and hawthorn scrub, veteran oaks visible ahead
A wooden nest box fixed to the deeply furrowed bark of a large oak trunk in Grange Wood
A nest box attached to the trunk of a tall veteran oak, its bark deeply ridged with burrs and moss
A dense carpet of wild garlic (Allium ursinum) in full flower across the woodland floor in April
Wild garlic flowers in dappled spring sunlight, a mass of white star-shaped blooms covering the woodland floor
Wooden five-bar gate with a Grangewood Ancient Forest sign, opening onto the woodland from a gravel track
A visitor in a blue jacket walking away along a grassy path through open scrub and late-summer trees
A dried teasel seedhead (Dipsacus fullonum) standing against a soft green background of bramble and leaf
Ripe blackberries clustered on a bramble stem with yellowing autumn leaves
A narrow wet ditch threading through dense riverside vegetation, willow and sycamore arching overhead
A wider view of the wet woodland margin, willows and sycamore in a tangle of late-season vegetation
Holly branch (Ilex aquifolium) bearing clusters of vivid red berries, close-up against a blurred trunk
Close-up of a honeysuckle flower cluster (Lonicera periclymenum) with pink-flushed white petals and golden stamens
Honeysuckle (Lonicera periclymenum) in flower, pink and cream petals against dark woodland foliage
A honeysuckle flower cluster showing the full spread of its pink-flushed tubular flowers and yellow stamens
A weathered fallen log and young sycamore saplings growing in a sunny glade within Grange Wood
Open glade with veteran oaks above rough grassland and scrub, a fallen log in the foreground
A decaying log among dried grass and scrub in a late-summer woodland glade, oaks visible behind
A veteran oak with widely spreading moss-covered branches, a path curving away through rough grassland
An older visitor in a flat cap walking along a woodland path, oak and sycamore canopy overhead
A woodland path forking at the edge of an oak stand, rough grass and scrub on either side in late summer

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