Hatley and Hayley Wood Circular Walk
This circular walk visits the Cambridgeshire village of Hatley and the Hayley Wood Nature Reserve.
The reserve is located close to the village and can be reached by following some pleasant country trails north for just over a mile. The area includes some fine woodland trails with lots of flora and fauna to look out for. In the spring there are lots of pretty bluebells and oxlips to see. It's a very peaceful area with lots of woodland birds to see.
The walk includes fine views of the surrounding farmland, Buff Wood and Hatley Park to the west.
You can continue your walking by heading west to explore Potton Wood and Gamlingay. The waymarked Clopton Way also runs through the area.
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Photos
Hayley Wood - field boundary. Illustrating the fragmented status of this bit of ancient woodland, which is surrounded by arable land on all sides. The wood is managed by the local Wildlife Trust. Photo taken from Hayley Lane.
The structure of Hayley Wood is coppice-with-standards of field maple, ash, hazel and hawthorn species, with a canopy of pedunculate oak and small areas of small-leaved elm. Most of the oak trees date from between 1780–1840, older than most woodland oaks
Hayley Wood. The wood is described as 'one of the largest oxlip woods on the chalky Boulder Clay in Britain'. Bluebell and yellow archangel grow in drier parts. Plants typical of ancient woodland, including wood anemone, dog's mercury and early purple orchid, grow; bird's-nest orchid and pale sedge can also be found.
East Hatley
Bridleway to Hatley Wood