Park End Wood
Park End Wood is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Teesdale district of west County Durham, England. The site occupies a low hill of Whin Sill on the southern edge of the River Tees floodplain just over 2 km upstream from the village of Middleton-in-Teesdale. It adjoins the Upper Teesdale SSSI to the south, and the Middle Crossthwaite and Stonygill Meadows SSSIs are nearby.
Park End Wood | |
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Location of Park End Wood SSSI, Co Durham | |
Location | Teesdale, North East, England |
Coordinates | 54°37′46″N 2°7′6″W |
Area | 10.33 ha (25.5 acres) |
Established | 1964 |
Governing body | Natural England |
Website | Map of site |
The hill slopes are wooded with downy birch, Betula pubescens, mixed with ash, Fraxinus excelsior, and rowan, Sorbus aucuparia, with an understorey of hazel, Corylus avellana, a species not usually associated with birch.
On the heavily-grazed hill top is an acid grassland vegetation, in which Yorkshire fog, Holcus lanatus, common bent, Agrostis capillaris, and red fescue, Festuca rubra, are the predominant grasses.[1]