it has more ancient woodland than any other county. Barrows Wood, Trundle Wood and High Wood around Wormshill Chattenden Woods and Lodge Hill SSSI Cobham Woods Combwell Wood Darenth Wood SSSI East Blean Woods NNR Ham Street Woods NNR Parsonage Wood SSSI Robins Wood SSSI South Blean West Blean NNR Westerham Wood SSSI Yockletts Bank SSSI L Lancashire Boilton, Nab, Red Scar & Tun Brook woods, Preston Leicestershire It is estimated that 2% of Leicestershire's land area is ancient woodland, of which half has been replaced by new plantings in recent times. There are over 100 woods in Leicestershire believed to be ancient. The sites listed below are those over in size, and with one exception, all have SSSI status. With one group of woods near Hinckley, in the south-west, the remainder fall into three broad areas. In East Leicestershire, close to the border with Rutland, are the woods near Leighfield Forest, an extensive Royal Forest which straddled the two counties. North west of Leicester are the woods of Charnwood Forest. Further west are the woods of the coal measures toward the border with Derbyshire. Lincolnshire Bradley and Dixon Woods, Grimsby Legbourne Wood, Legbourne, Louth Stapleford Woods, Stapleford, North Kesteven Reddings Woods, Kirkby on Bain, Lincolnshire, East Lindsey M Merseyside Dibbinsdale, Wirral Hundred, Merseyside N Norfolk Foxley Wood Wayland Wood North Yorkshire Grass Wood, Wharfedale Nidd Gorge, Knaresborough Northamptonshire The ancient woods of Northants are concentrated towards the south and west of the county, to that region bordering Bucks, Oxford and Beds. Many are managed by the Forestry Commission, although others are in private hands. They tend to occur on limestone soils in elevated country, and exhibit a diversity of habitats. Hazleborough Wood, part of Whittlewood Forest Royal Forest of Rockingham Salcey Forest Whittlewood Forest Yardley Chase SSSI Northumberland Allen Banks and Steward Gorge Whittle Dene Nottinghamshire Sherwood Forest O Oxfordshire The ancient woods of Oxfordshire are concentrated in three distinct areas. In the south are woods of the Chiltern Hills. A second cluster lies to the east of Oxford. The Cotswolds woods on the western side of the county include those in the Royal Forest of Wychwood. Oxfordshire has nearly of woodland in total (6.9% of its area), two-thirds of which are in woods of over . of woodland is represented in the 17 ancient woods listed below. Some of woodland is split among the 3,390 woods smaller than