Case study

Access improvement project at Maybush Copse, Landford

• 1ha of woodland – a link between the Pleasure Grounds and Lyndhurst Road
• Partnership working between Landford Parish Council, Wiltshire County Council, New Forest Land Advice Service and the New Forest National Park Authority (Recreation and Access Officers and Rangers)
• Funding from the New Forest National Park Authority and Landford Parish Council
• All-access gravel path, kissing gates, entrance sign, woodland management
• School involvement: outdoor living classroom, conservation work
• Training opportunities - moth trapping, bat detecting, botany, bird watching, invertebrates.