This list of ancient woods in England contains areas of ancient woodland in England larger than . The list is arranged alphabetically by ceremonial county. B Bedfordshire The woodlands of Bedfordshire cover 6.2% of the county. Some two thirds of this () is broad-leaved woodland, principally oak and ash. A woodland Trust estimate of all ancient woodland in Bedfordshire (dating back to at least the year 1600), including woods of and upward suggests an area of . This list of Bedfordshire's ancient woodland shows only those woods of over , all of which have SSSI status, and cover a total of . Of the eight woods shown, five fall roughly on the line of heavily wooded sandstone that runs diagonally across the county south of Bedford. Berkshire Berkshire has woodland covering , which is 14.5% of its land area. The woodlands listed below are all ancient woods of or more, and these cover some . A major proportion of the area is the area of woodland along the Surrey and Buckinghamshire borders. This is Windsor Great Park and Forest, and as well as the woodland area listed here, it has vast tracts of heath and parkland. Also in the east of the county are woodlands on the southern end of the Chiltern Hills. The great majority of the woods listed are in West Berkshire and follow the line of the chalk hills across the county. There is only one sizeable area of Ancient Woodland within Bristol. The Avon Gorge SSSI is partly within the city boundary, but the woodland is mainly in Somerset, so is covered under that county. Buckinghamshire 9.4% of the land area of Buckinghamshire is Woodland. Bernwood Forest Burnham Beeches Hollington Wood Jones Hill Wood C Cambridgeshire The ancient woods listed here are those over . With one exception, these are all SSSIs. The woods are distributed very unevenly. Large areas of the fenland in the north-eastern side of the county have none. There are significant numbers in the south, toward Suffolk. More of the woods are found in the western half of the county, with three near Peterborough. Cheshire Cheshire has some 4% of its area under woodland - around half the national average. Since 1994 the Mersey Community Forest has been promoting new woodland planting within the Merseyside and Cheshire region to alleviate this deficit, and also better manage the existing woodland to secure its