Hardwick Wood

Hardwick Wood is a 15.5-hectare (38-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest southwest of Hardwick in Cambridgeshire.^[1][2] It is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.^[3]

Hardwick Wood

Site of Special Scientific Interest
Location	Cambridgeshire
Grid reference	TL 353 575[1]
Interest	Biological
Area	15.5 hectares[1]
Notification	1984[1]
Location map	Magic Map

This medieval wood is now managed by coppicing. It is mainly ash and field maple, while the oldest parts have pedunculate oak with an understorey of hazel and hawthorn, while ground flora include early-purple orchid and yellow archangel. There are birds such as willow warblers, marsh tits and blackcaps.^[3][4]

There is access by footpath.