Ancient Woodlands in Great Bradley

This map shows the areas of ancient woodland in he Great Bradley areas on the Cambridgeshire/ Suffolk border. The green shading is the ancient woodland, and the red shows where some replanting has taken place

The remnants of small-scale irregular medieval enclosure are still visible despite some rationalization of field sizes and many examples of ancient woodland survive. The dominant hedgerow tree in Essex was elm, and Dutch Elm disease has had a profound effect on hedgerow and field boundaries which are now lost, gappy or decrepit. In the Suffolk part of the area hedgerow oaks and dense hedgerows continue to give a more treed and hedged character.

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