Groton Wood

Groton Wood is a 20.2 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-east of Groton in Suffolk.[1][2] It is owned and managed by the Suffolk Wildlife Trust.[3]

Groton Wood
Site of Special Scientific Interest

Area of Search	Suffolk
Grid reference	TL 977 431[1]
Interest	Biological
Area	20.2 hectares[1]
Notification	1985[1]
Location map	Magic Map

Fifteen species of butterfly have been recorded in this wood, including brimstones, speckled woods and purple hairstreaks. There are many wild cherry trees, and twenty-two seasonal ponds, which have scarce and protected great crested newts. [3]

There is access from Howe Road.[3]

References

"Designated Sites View: Groton Wood". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
"Map of Groton Wood". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
"Groton Wood". Suffolk Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 25 May 2017.

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Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Suffolk

Biological

Geological

Suffolk Wildlife Trust
Babergh	Arger Fen and Spouse's Vale Bull's Wood Cornard Mere Groton Wood
East Suffolk	Alde Mudflats Blaxhall Common Bromeswell Green Captain's Wood Carlton and Oulton Marshes Church Farm Marshes Castle Marshes Darsham Marshes Dingle Marshes Dunwich Forest Foxburrow Farm Framlingham Mere Gunton Meadow Gunton Warren Hazlewood Marshes Hen Reedbeds Hutchison's Meadow Levington Lagoon Martins' Meadows Newbourne Springs North Cove Simpson's Saltings Sizewell Belts Snape Marshes Sutton and Hollesley Commons Trimley Marshes Reydon Wood Roydon Fen
Mid Suffolk	Black Bourn Valley Bonny Wood Brooke House Combs Wood Fox Fritillary Meadow Mellis Common Mickfield Meadow Papermill Reedbed Redgrave and Lopham Fens Winks Meadow
West Suffolk	Bradfield Woods Hopton Fen Knettishall Heath Lackford Lakes Lound Lakes Market Weston Fen Mickle Mere Norah Hanbury-Kelk Meadows Old Broom Thelnetham Fen Wangford Warren

Babergh
Towns	Sudbury Hadleigh
Civil parishes (current)	Acton Aldham Alpheton Arwarton Assington Belstead Bentley Bildeston Boxford Boxted Brantham Brent Eleigh Brettenham Bures St Mary Burstall Capel St Mary Chattisham Chelmondiston Chelsworth Chilton Cockfield Copdock and Washbrook East Bergholt Edwardstone Elmsett Freston Glemsford Great Cornard Great Waldingfield Groton Hadleigh (town) Harkstead Hartest Higham Hintlesham Hitcham Holbrook Holton St. Mary Kersey Kettlebaston Lavenham Lawshall Layham Leavenheath Lindsey Little Cornard Little Waldingfield Long Melford Milden Monks Eleigh Nayland-with-Wissington Nedging-with-Naughton Newton Pinewood Polstead Preston St Mary Raydon Semer Shelley Shimpling Shotley Somerton Sproughton Stanstead Stoke-by-Nayland Stratford St. Mary Stutton Sudbury (town) Tattingstone Thorpe Morieux Wattisham Wenham Magna Wenham Parva Whatfield Wherstead Woolverstone
Civil parishes (former)	Ballingdon Copdock Hadleigh Hamlet Naughton Nayland Nedging Sudbury All Saints Sudbury St Bartholomew Sudbury St Gregory Sudbury St Peter Washbrook Wissington
Other settlements	Acton Place Ash Street Audley End Bell's Corner Bird Street Bower House Tye Bridge Street Broad Street Brook Street Brundon Bures Bures Green Burstallhill Bury Road Button's Green Calais Street Castling's Heath Cattawade Chelsworth Common Church End Cock Street Colchester Green Coles Green Cook's Green Cornard Tye Cross Green (Cockfield) Cross Green (Hartest) Cross Green (Hitcham) Cuckoo Tye Dorking Tye Drakestone Green East End Erwarton Fenstead End Fern Hill Flatford Gipsy Row Gosling Green Great Green Great Wenham Hadleigh Heath Hagmore Green Hanningfield Green Harrow Green Hartest Hill Hart's Green Hibb's Green Honey Tye Horner's Green Humble Green Kersey Tye Kersey Upland Lambs Lane Lattinford Hill Lawshall Green Lindsey Tye Little Wenham Lower Holbrook Lower Layham Lower Raydon Lower Street Mace Green Mile End Mill Green Mill Hill Mill Street Nedging Tye Newman's Green Oldhall Green Parliament Heath Pin Mill Polstead Heath Potash Priory Green Rodbridge Corner Rooksey Green Rose Green (Assington) Rose Green (Lindsey) Round Maple Sackers Green Scotland Street Sherbourne Street Shimpling Street Slough Hill Smithwood Green Shop Corner Shotley Gate Stackyard Green Stone Street Swingleton Green Tattingstone White Horse The Heath The Street The Woodlands (Holbrook) The Woodlands (Raydon) Thorington Street Thorpe Green Upper Layham Upper Somerton Upper Street Upsher Green Washbrook Street Washmere Green Wattisham Stone Whelp Street Whitestreet Green Wicker Street Green William's Green Windsor Green Withermarsh Green Workhouse Green
Buildings	Abbas Hall All Saints' Church, Lawshall Coldham Cottage Flatford Mill Kentwell Hall Kersey Priory Lawshall Hall Melford Hall Milden Castle St James's Chapel Wattisham Strict Baptist Chapel Willy Lott's Cottage Woolverstone Hall

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