CHEWTON WOOD
An area of ancient woodland situated on the northern edge of the Mendip Hills near Midsomer Norton in North Somerset.
Access
Location: Immediately west of the village of Farrington Gurney, Somerset, and accessible therefrom by footpath. Opening: Every day.
The owner's binding undertakings
To take all reasonable steps for its maintenance and the preservation of its character and for securing reasonable access to the public - "to provide one permissive bridleway as follows: Bridleway 1 - leading from the public bridleway WS 3/36 being south and west of Chewton Wood north-eastwards along the line of definitive footpath WS 3/41 for a distance of c.1,200 metres to the junction with Pitway Lane" - "to prepare a Heritage Landscape Management Plan for the designated area to the satisfaction of The Countryside Agency and English Nature - "the Heritage Landscape Management Plan shall specifically include proposals for the transition of areas dominated by conifer species to a mixed native broadleaf and conifer stand over the normal rotation of the crop" - "in those broadleaved woodland areas which the Heritage Landscape Management Plan identifies as being of significant nature …