The Hazels, Fetcham: woodland
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The Hazels, Fetcham: woodland
Image: © Stefan Czapski Taken: 14 Oct 2012
Much of the woodland is indeed hazel, with a certain number of oaks and rather more beeches. All the hazels seem to have been coppiced in the past, if not in recent years. Here, coppicing has been done quite recently, in an area which was in any case rather sparsely wooded. The intention may well be to re-instate coppicing in a neglected area.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.278937
Longitude
-0.351874