Coed Wysg £45,000 Freehold
- Llanellen, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire
- just over 3 acres
- West and South Wales and Herefordshire
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Decent sized hardstanding for parking
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ride stop entrance to Coed Wysg
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Name board and parking area
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main track leading up Coed Wysg
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View from bottom of parking area
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View into wood from parking area
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Conifer part of the wood
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View into the wood
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Lots of young birch in part of the wood
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An open area within wood
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Canopy
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Track making up the southern boundary
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view into the birch part of the wood
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Boundary marker on the eastern boundary with Ysgyryd in the background
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Main track on the southern boundary
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Lower track which makes up northern boundary
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Track making up the northern boundary
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Gate on the lower track
Description
Coed Wysg is set in the middle of surrounding woodlands which provide shelter. It forms a squared off triangle with two and half of its boundaries formed by tracks. The third side of the triangle borders the neighbouring birch woodland.
To get to Coed Wysg, a tiny winding country road climbs 220m from the Afon Wysg (River Usk) valley just outside Abergavenny up to the plateau of Coed y Prior. From the road, through a gate, a stone forestry track leads to a large turning circle/shared parking area. From here two stone tracks exit the eastern side of the area, again through gates; one lower: north east and one higher: south east. These tracks flank two sides of Coed Wysg. The higher, south east track, brings you to Coed Wysg's entrance on the left, marked by a ride stop, a wooden name board and a Woodlands for Sale sign.
A sturdy, stoned length of track leads into the woodland, levelling off within the bounds of the trees, creating a good area for parking up and perhaps a timber stacking area.
The Sitka spruce which makes up the majority of the woodland is fairly dense in parts and would benefit from a thinning. Allowing more light to the forest floor would encourage more ground flora, creating a more diverse habitat for a wider range of insect and bird species. Towards the eastern boundary the conifer makes way for birch. Supplementing this existing birch with new planting of native broadleaf would create a mixed age, mixed species and more resilient woodland helping to mitigate the inevitable effects of climate change. It's a lovely opportunity to shape a woodland for the future!
Trees
Coed Wysg is predominantly conifer, for the most part Sitka spruce, but some Noble fir, and Western Hemlock on the fringes. Along the southern boundary the conifer gives way to young birch. Some open areas have an understory of bramble, gorse, grasses and ferns.
Wildlife
Conifer woodlands are not celebrated as a habitat to support thriving biodiversity but their dense cover does provide good shelter for birds and small mammals in the winter when deciduous trees lose their leaves. The cones are a source of food in the winter for many bird species. Birds which have been spotted in the area include great spotted and green woodpeckers and pied flycatchers, chiff chaff and mistle thrush.
Deer are seen in the locality, but are not keen on Sitka spruce! Otters have been seen in the Mon and Brec Canal below the woodland and red kite and buzzard circle overhead.
Features
A manageable small woodland.
Large stoned pull in with level area within the woodland.
Beautiful location.
Excellent access.
Access, tracks and footpaths
Access to the woodland is very good by way of a minor public road onto a hard surfaced forestry track.
No public footpaths run through Coed Wysg but various public footpaths are easily accessible close by, connecting to some fabulous walking routes, including up the Blorenge, and downhill from the woodland connecting to the Usk Valley Walk.
Rights and covenants
As is the case for all our woodlands, the purchaser will be asked to enter into a covenant which serves to protect the peace and quiet of the woodland.
Activities
Woodland management goals in Coed Wysg could include thinning the Sitka. While the timber is not as resilient as larch or Douglas fir, it would serve very well for constructing a woodland shelter, as well as for stacking and drying for firewood.
Opportunity to steward woodland into the future, replanting in stages with native broadleaf.
Coed Wysg could provide a good base for further exploring of the Bannau Brycheiniog National Park and walking routes in the local area. The nearest fooptath links to a route up the Blorenge and also links down to the Usk Valley walk.
Local area and history
The Roman fort of Gobannium was built at Abergavenny in approximately AD55 on the south west side of Ysgyrd Fach directly in view from Coed Wysg.
There is also much industrial history locally with the Blaenavon World Heritage Site, which also boasts Big Pit National Coal Museum, Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway, Blaenavon World Heritage Visitor Centre and Blaenavon Ironworks.
The Mon and Brec Canal which you cross over enroute to the woodland, hugs the mountainside high above the Usk valley, a result of the skilful design of the 19thC engineer Thomas Dadford. At the time, it was employed to transport iron, coal and limestone to the port of Newport, towns of South Wales and further afield to the factories of the midlands but is now a beautiful and tranquil place transporting holiday makers in boats and providing a welcome flat route for walkers and cyclists.
Abergavenny, just northwest of the woodland within 10 minutes drive, is a lovely market town with good pubs, b&bs and restaurants and all amenities.
Wood maps
Wood map
Boundaries
The boundaries of Coed Wysg are marked in pink paint on wooden marker stakes and trees.
Three of the boundaries, north-west, north-east, and south-west are defined by tracks. The south-eastern boundary adjoins neighbouring woodland.
Find this wood
Location
- OS Landranger: OS No. 161
- Grid ref: SO 293 106
- Nearest post code: NP7 9LD
- GPS coordinates: 51.79, -3.026
Location map
Directions
Main entrance gate what3words: enveloped.bouncing.curries
From Abergavenny - proceed south on the A4042 towards Pontypool/Cwmbran.
Cross over the river bridge at Llanellen and after approx. 1/2 mile, turn right into Oak Lane. At a fork in the road, keep right and cross over the canal bridge. Proceed for 1 mile and at the fork in the road, keep right. Proceed uphill for a further 3/4 mile. At the T-junction turn right and you will see the gated entrance to the woodlands on your right marked with a Woodlands for Sale sign. Either park up in the lay-by here or you can continue through the gate, following the track across the common and park up in the large turning circle.
Continue from here on foot.
As you go through the gate from the turning circle/parking area onto the shared access track, the entrance to Coed Wysg is a short distance along the track on your left, marked by a ride stop with a wooden name board and Woodlands for Sale sign.
How we support our buyers
Membership of the small woodland owners’ group
£300 for a woodland course of your choice
One year's free membership of the royal forestry society
Please note this wood is owned by woodlands.co.uk.
Our regional managers are often out working in our woodlands, so if you email an offer and want to be sure it has been received, please phone our manager on their mobile phone. The first offer at the stated price which is accepted, whether by phone or email, has priority.
Please take care when viewing as the great outdoors can contain unexpected hazards and woodlands are no exception. You should exercise common sense and caution, such as wearing appropriate footwear and avoiding visiting during high winds.
These particulars are for guidance only and, though believed to be correct, do not form part of any contract. Woodland Investment Management Ltd hereby give notice under section 21 of the Estate Agents Act 1979 of their interest in the land being sold.
A small woodland of mainly Sitka spruce, in a stunning location and good access.
Managed by Tamsin and Matt Brown
Telephone: 07956 256101
Telephone: 07950 379533
Email: [email protected]
