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Description

Part of a larger wooded area known as Pepper’s Hill Plantation, Hivings Wood is located a short distance north of Chesham in rural Buckinghamshire and is accessed along a track.

Located over level and gently sloping chalk and flint soils, the southwestern side of the woodland encompasses lofty ash, oak, hornbeam, sycamore, cherry, and beech which was once traditionally grown to supply a thriving furniture trade in this region.  A number of the majestic beech stems could still yield some fine workable timber.

The shrub layer consists of hazel coppice, groves of holly, and hawthorn, with thickets of ash and beech. The northeastern side of the wood comprises a blend of mature ash, oak, willow, and cherry coupled with some fairly recent planting of small-leaved lime, alder, wild service, and field maple. Come spring and summer the ground layer is festooned with bluebell, common spotted orchid, foxglove, primrose, violet, wood anemone, and yellow archangel.

Wonderful open spaces towards the northeast offer tantalising camping prospects, along with delightful rural views at the woodland edge. Clearing an area here for a bench would be a great idea.

The mixed mammal population includes deer (muntjac, fallow and roe), badger, hare, fox and wood mouse, while feathered locals include both great spotted and green woodpeckers, tawny owl, cuckoo, nuthatch, skylark, treecreeper and many acoustic songsters. It is understood that the wider wood won the Chiltern Woodland of the Year award in 2001.

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If It Were Mine

It would be a good idea to look into deer management to help protect recent tree planting – sustainable wild game is a wonderful benefit of woodland ownership. Mounting a few trail cameras to trees would be on the to-do list. A domestic fuel supply could also be gathered here.

Please remember some management operations require approval and/or a licence.

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To View This Woodland

You are welcome to view this woodland at any time during daylight hours. We suggest you download a copy of these particulars and take them with you to assist in identifying boundaries, features and access points.

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Residential Planning Permission

You are extremely unlikely to get residential planning permission for this woodland.

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Directions & Access

• From Chesham, head north along the A416 following signs to Berkhamsted and Hemel Hempstead.
• At the mini roundabout and shell garage, continue ahead taking the first exit onto Vale Road.
• Continue along Vale Road and out of the town into the countryside.
• Just under a mile from the Shell garage, the road narrows as you pass some white cottages on the right, with a discreet turning on the left (point W on the plan below) after (just beyond is Browns lawn mowers shop with a green steel fence).
• Turn left onto the track, which is a Public Byway (Byway Open to All Traffic), keeping the green steel fence and highway barrier on the right.
• Continue carefully along the narrow track as this is also used by pedestrians and horses.
• After 370 metres you will reach a steel gate. Please open and drive through, closing it behind you.
• Continue along the track passing a dressage arena on the right.
• After 235 metres you will arrive at a steel gate ahead and a fork in the track (point Y), take the fork left and continue as the track narrows.
• Continue along the track with woodland on the left and the post and rail fencing and paddocks on the right, taking care driving round the sharp bends.
• After 580 metres (from point Y) the track goes uphill (point A) with woodland on either side, you should see a Woods4Sale sign on an oak tree on the right with a pink arrow below it.
• Continue up the track following it round to the right, passing a steel barrier on the left (point B).
• After 400 metres, you will arrive at a pull-in on the right as the track bears left (point C).
• Hivings Wood is on the right just after a wooden post with red paint.

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Boundaries

• The southwestern boundary CD is the southwestern edge of the track, DE is an earth bank indicated by green paint on occasional wooden posts and trees.
• The northwestern boundary EFG is an earth bank indicated by green paint on occasional trees for the most part with further woodland beyond, GH is indicated by green paint on occasional wooden posts and trees with further woodland beyond.   
• The northeastern boundary HJ is the edge of the woodland indicated by a dilapidated barbed wire fence then with a stock fence and fields beyond, JK is indicated by green paint on occasional trees with a strip of woodland beyond.
• The southeastern boundary KC is indicated by red paint on occasional trees and wooden posts.

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Sporting Rights

The sporting rights are owned and included in the sale. They are not let.

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Mineral Rights

The mineral rights are owned and included in the sale except as reserved by statute.

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Rights Of Way

• There is a right of way granted for all times and for all purposes over the route WXYABC and ZD.
• A right of way is reserved over the route CD for others.
• There is a short section of Public Byway (byway open to all traffic) along the track between CD, but there are no other public rights of way within the woodland.

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Fencing Liabilities

There are no known fencing obligations.

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Third Party Rights

There is a right for the owner of adjacent land to access the woodland if needed, to carry out any work at their own property.

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Restrictive Covenants

There are some restrictive covenants to protect the woodland and the environment. Please click on the button below to view these.

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How To Buy

This woodland is being sold on a fixed price basis. We require the following information in writing before we mark a woodland as sold and take it off the market (please ensure you have funds in place before doing this):

• The name and price of the woodland
• Confirmation you have viewed the woodland
• Full name (including middle names), address, phone number and date of birth of all legal purchasers
• Please confirm how you will be funding the purchase and that you have cleared funds available
• The full contact details of your instructed solicitor (including name of company, contact name, email address, telephone number and full address)

Please click on the button below for more information.

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Maps & Plans

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Note

Plans, areas and particulars are for reference only. We cannot guarantee their accuracy and they do not form a part of any contract. Prospective purchasers must satisfy themselves as to the condition of the land.

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