St Julian’s Wood
St Julian’s Wood is located within Greenwood Park, Chiswell Green and is owned and managed by the Parish Council. It is ancient semi-natural natural woodland with areas of neglected coppiced hornbeam, beech, pedunculate oak, ash, cherry, field maple, holly, elder and hawthorn and the occasional sycamore and hazel. For the past 10 years the Council has been following a management plan, developed with the Forestry Commission, and continue to carry work essential to the restoration and maintenance of the wood as ancient semi-natural woodland under the current management plan which covers the next 10 years.
The aim of the management plan is to create a more diverse age and structure throughout the wood which will encourage varied habitats for birds, animals, plants, fungi, etc. In addition works are carried out which maintain public access and community enjoyment and protect the historic and archaeological features in the woodland.
St Julian’s wood is largely enclosed by old banks with some laid specimens and veteran stubs, including hornbeam and ash, one possibly being part of an ancient trackway. There is also an internal wood bank and old marl pits in the northern part of the wood.