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Thetford Forest is the largest lowland pine forest in Britain, located in a region straddling the north of Suffolk and the south of Norfolk in England. Suffolk (pronounced ) is a large historic and modern non-metropolitan county in East Anglia, England. ...
Norfolk (IPA: //) is a low-lying county in East Anglia in the east of southern England. ...
Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem - the United Kingdom anthem God Save the Queen is commonly used England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto)1 Government Constitutional monarchy - Monarch Queen Elizabeth II...
History
It was created after the First World War to provide a strategic reserve of timber, since the country had lost so many oaks and other slow-growing trees as a consequence of the war's demands. It is managed by the Forestry Commission. The creation of the forest destroyed much of the typical Breckland environment of gorse and sandy ridges, ending the frequent sand blows (where the wind picked up sand and blew it across the road reducing visibility). However, this environment was itself man-made, since the area had been denuded by flint-mining, the construction of rabbit warrens and other activities. Grimes Graves is located within the forest. Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ...
Species See List of Quercus species The term oak can be used as part of the common name of any of several hundred species of trees and shrubs in the genus Quercus (from Latin oak tree), and some related genera, notably Cyclobalanopsis and Lithocarpus. ...
The Forestry Commission (established in 1919) is a non ministerial Government Department responsible for forestry in Great Britain. ...
The Breckland is a landscape region and unusual natural habitat of England. ...
View of a seam of Flint in the Grimes Graves excavation. ...
Biodiversity The forest has a high level of biodiversity. It is home to a large population of hares, rabbits and gamebirds. Several species of deer also reside there, Muntjac, Roe Deer and a small population of Red Deer, the last hunted by the Thetford Forest Staghounds. It is largely surrounded by farmland, as well as the villages of West Stow, Ingham, Elveden, and the towns of Thetford in Norfolk, and Brandon in Suffolk. The forest is home to a good number of birds, such as Woodlark, Nightjar, Goshawk, Crossbill, Siskin and an introduced population of Golden Pheasant. All of these can be found at Mayday [1] Species See text. ...
Binomial name Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1758) The European Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus) is a deer species of Europe, Asia Minor, and Caspian coastal regions. ...
Binomial name Cervus elaphus Linnaeus, 1758 Red Deer (Cervus elaphus) is one of the largest species of deer in the world. ...
West Stow is a small parish in West Suffolk, England. ...
There are three villages in England of the name of Ingham. ...
Thetford is a market town and civil parish in the Breckland area of Norfolk, England. ...
Brandon is a small town and civil parish in the English county of Suffolk. ...
Binomial name Lullula arborea (Linnaeus, 1758) The Woodlark (Lullula arborea) is the only lark in the genus Lullula (Kaup, 1829). ...
Genera Nyctiprogne Podager Lurocalis Chordeiles Nyctidromus Phalaenoptilus Siphonorhis Nyctiphrynus Caprimulgus Macrodipteryx Hydropsalis Uropsalis Macropsalis Eleothreptus Eurostopodus Nightjars are medium-sized nocturnal birds with long wings, short legs and very short bills that usually nest on the ground. ...
Binomial name (Linnaeus, 1758) The Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis; from OE. góshafoc goose-hawk) is a medium-large bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes other diurnal raptors, such as eagles, buzzards and harriers. ...
Species Loxia pytyopsittacus Loxia scotia Loxia curvirostra Loxia leucoptera Loxia megaplaga The crossbills are birds in the finch family Fringillidae. ...
A number of small birds in the finch family Fringillidae are named as siskins. ...
Binomial name Chrysolophus pictus (Linnaeus, 1758) The Golden Pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus) is a gamebird of the order Galliformes (gallinaceous birds) and the family Phasianidae. ...
High Lodge Visitors Center Deep in the heart of the forest lies High Lodge Visitors Center. High Lodge has a 100 seater resturant, gift shop, cycle hire, adventure play area, walking trails and cycling trails. It is also the home to the Go Ape high wire adventure course.
There is a toll charge of £6 to enter high lodge. The money raised is injected back into the forest and is much needed for the survival of such facilities.
The center is open all year round, except christmas day.
Mountain Biking The forest is a popular destination for mountain biking, and has several marked trails ranging from those suitable for families, to the Black Trail for experienced riders. The forest also has hundreds of miles of singletrack, several bomb holes and a steeply undulating section called The Beast. Mountain biker riding in the Arizona desert. ...
A grading system for way-marked off-road cycling trails has been adopted in the UK, and is used by official bodies such as the Forestry Commission. ...
A grading system for way-marked off-road cycling trails has been adopted in the UK, and is used by official bodies such as the Forestry Commission. ...
A singletrack is generally a narrow off-road trail used by cyclists. ...
National cross-country cycling races are held in the forest. There is also a recently formed organisation called TIMBER (Thetford Improved Mountain Biking EnviRonment) which aims to work with the Forestry Commission to improve the mountain bike trails in the forest. A Cross-Country Rider on Singletrack During a Race Cross-country (XC) cycling is the most common discipline of mountain biking. ...
Bikes can be hired from the High Lodge Forest Centre.
Music in the Forest It also hosts annual concerts from such luminaries as Pulp and Jools Holland. Pulp are a rock band, formed in Sheffield, England in 1978, by then 15-year-old school-boy Jarvis Cocker (vocals, guitar). ...
Julian Miles Holland, OBE, DL (born 24 January 1958 in Blackheath, South East London) is an English virtuoso pianist, bandleader, television presenter, architectural eccentric and pop music enthusiast. ...
2007 saw The Feeling, Blondie, M People, Travis, James Morrison and Van Morrison take to the stage at High Lodge.
Other Activities There is also a walk way through the trees called 'Go Ape'. There is a Center Parcs holiday resort at Elveden which also brings many visitors. Typical Center Parcs entrance Center Parcs is a European network of holiday villages which includes a UK based company which runs holiday villages in Britain and a sister enterprise that operates in numerous locations in Europe. ...
A sizeable proportion of Thetford Forest and the surrounding woodlands is reserved for military activities, with public access forbidden; this land is used for farming, so one can often hear small-arms fire from the far side of an idyllic meadow covered in grazing sheep.
Fire On 6 May 2007, there was a fire in Thetford Forest. 20 firefighters took part in putting out the fire. is the 126th day of the year (127th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...
References - ^ [1]
External links - Map sources for Thetford Forest
- Forestry Commission Thetford site
Coordinates: 52.46028° N 0.64797° E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...
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