Ashplats Wood

Ashplats Wood is 28 ha and is part of the East Court Estate in East Grinstead, West Sussex, UK. The main part of the wood is designated as Ancient Woodland, and also a West Sussex Site of Nature Conservation Importance (SNCI). It sits within the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). The bulk of the wood is characterised by Sweet Chestnut, Silver Birch, Alder, Oak and Ash and the associated shrub layer of Coppice Hazel, Holly and Hawthorn. The ground is rich in flora and carpeted with the flowers of bluebells and wood anemones in the Spring.