page_title: Merthen Manor
section_title: Merthen Wood
hierarchical_section_title: Merthen Manor / Estate / Merthen Wood
caption_attribution_description: English: Looking across the Helford River towards the inlet at Merthen Wood Seen from the path to Tremayne Quay. Merthen Wood is an example of ancient coppiced oak woodland and is a Site of Special Scientific Interest. It stretches for two kilometres along the north shore of the Helford, occupying the peninsula between the main river and Polwheveral Creek, and is one of the largest remaining oak woodlands in Cornwall. There is no public access to the wood, but it can be enjoyed from the river.
context_page_description: Merthen Manor is a 16th-century manor house in west Cornwall, England, UK. For most of its history it has been in the ownership of the prominent Cornish family, the Vyvyan family. The house is set in over 100 acres of woodland which, along with the shoreline of the Helford River, is designated as Merthen Woods Site of Special Scientific Interest.
  A secret deal undertaken in 2010 saw ownership drastically change hands to Henry Vyvyan after a long lasting dispute between the grandmother and grandchild
context_section_description: The woods to the south of the manor house, on the banks of the Helford River, were designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest in 1972 for their biological characteristics. The 72.2-hectare (178-acre) site is of importance due to its population of Sessile Oak (Quercus petraea). Other notable species within the woods include the nationally uncommon Bastard Balm (Melittis melissophyllum) and the nationally rare mosses Fissidens curnowii and Hookeria lucens.
  The woods are home to the largest British population of Anchonidium unguiculare rare weevil, which only exist in woodland along the Helford River within Britain.
caption: View of Merthen Woods on the Helford River
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