List of ancient woods in England
This list of ancient woods in England contains areas of ancient woodland in England larger than ten hectares. 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. 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 future. Cheshire has less ancient woodland, and  in smaller units than most counties. Many of the ancient woodlands survive in steep valleys or "cloughs", of small extent. Taylor's Rough, Wellmeadow Wood, Warburton's Wood And Well Wood are examples of clough woodland too small for inclusion in this list. Most of the ancient woodland in the county is in units smaller than and 65% of the area is in woods smaller than . The list below is of ancient woodland larger than . City of London. No Ancient Woodland remains in the City of London although the City of London Corporation are directly responsible for large areas of  woodland elsewhere, notably Epping Forest (Essex), Highgate Wood (Greater London) and Burnham Beeches (Bucks) Cornwall. The county of Cornwall has woodland representing 7.5% of the Land Area. Steeple Woods -16.2 Ha (40 acres) Devichoys Wood -16 Ha (40 acres) Cumbria. 9.5% of the land area of Cumbria is woodland. E. East Sussex. 16.7% of the land area of East Sussex is woodland. G. Gloucestershire. 11.2% of the land area of Gloucestershire is woodland. H. Hampshire. 17.7% of the Land Area of Hampshire is woodland. Hertfordshire. 9.5% of Hertfordshire's land area is woodland. I. Isle of Wight. In 2012 the  Isle of Wight Biodiversity Partnership commissioned a revised Ancient Woodland Inventory for the island, and this was completed in 2014. This has a list of all identified ancient woodland sites on the Isle of Wight. K. Kent. 10.6% of Kent's land area is wooded, and it has more ancient woodland than any other county. L. 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. N. 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. 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 10 ha. Many of these smaller woods may be ancient, but are not covered by this list. The list here covers woods of over 10 ha with SSSI status. S. Somerset. Somerset is a rural county of rolling hills such as the Blackdown Hills, Mendip Hills, Quantock Hills and Exmoor National Park, and large flat expanses of land including the Somerset Levels. Many of the woodland areas have been designated as SSSIs with some being managed by the Avon  Wildlife Trust or Somerset Wildlife Trust. Woodland covers seven per cent of the land area of the county. Surrey. 22.4% of the Land Area of Surrey is woodland this makes it the most wooded county in England. W. West Sussex. 18.9% of West Sussex's land area is woodland.