Titnore Wood

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Titnore Wood
woodmouse, grey squirrel, weasel, fox

Titnore Wood is an area of ancient woodland to the north-west of Worthing in West Sussex. With neighbouring Goring Wood it forms one of the last remaining blocks of ancient woodland on the West Sussex coastal plain.

Since 2006 land in and around the wood has been the site of a proposed major urban extension to the Worthing suburb of

tree-sit within the wood since May 2006.[1]
Since then Worthing Borough Council has agreed to a substantial new housing development just to the east of the woods themselves, as an extension of Durrington. This includes a new school, doctors surgery and around 2000 new houses on agricultural land.

Titnore wood is a Site of Nature Conservation Interest, as is neighbouring Goring Wood and Highdown Hill.[2] Much of the site lies within the boundaries of the new South Downs National Park.[3]

Location

Titnore Wood

Titnore wood lies to the north-west of Worthing, a large town on the coast of West Sussex. The wood was formerly part of the

droveway from the coastal plain onto the South Downs. To the south of the wood lies a lake, known as Titnore Lake or Castle Goring Lake. The lake is fed by streams from surrounding farmland which in turn feeds the Ferring Rife which flows into the English Channel at Ferring.[4]

Proposed development

In 2003

squatted the wood, constructing tree houses and a network of tunnels. In July 2006, the landowner was granted a possession order from the High Court to remove the protesters.[6] In March 2010 councillors at Worthing Borough Council voted unanimously to reject the development plans.[7][8]

Flora and fauna

woodpigeon, robin, chiffchaff, wren, magpie, dunnock, great spotted woodpecker, lesser spotted woodpecker, Eurasian treecreeper, tawny owl, common kestrel, great tit, long-tailed tit, blackbird, Eurasian nuthatch and whitethroat.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Woodland homes plan is rejected". BBC Sussex website. BBC. 16 March 2010. Retrieved 22 March 2010.
  2. ^ "West Durrington Design and Access Statement with Design Codes" (PDF). West Durrington Consortium. July 2008. p. 28. Retrieved 22 March 2010.
  3. ^ a b "West Durrington plans updated". Worthing Borough Council. 11 December 2009. Retrieved 22 March 2010.
  4. ^ "Flooding: Will It Be Your Turn Next?". Protect Our Woodland. 2010. Retrieved 17 March 2010.
  5. ^ "West Durrington Design and Access Statement with Design Codes" (PDF). West Durrington Consortium. July 2008. p. 5. Retrieved 22 March 2010.
  6. ^ "Tree-top eco-warriors must leave". BBC News. 27 July 2006. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
  7. ^ "West Sussex Ancient Homes Plan Rejected". The Argus newspaper. 15 March 2010. Retrieved 17 March 2010.
  8. ^ "Plans for homes next to Worthing's Titnore Woods voted down". BBC News. 16 March 2010. Retrieved 17 March 2010.
  9. ^ a b c d "Appendix 3 - species list - part of the text from a study commissioned by the Worthing Society into the area that will be effected (sic) by the development". Protect Our Woodland (originally from a study commissioned by the Worthing Society). 2010. Retrieved 17 March 2010.

External links

Media related to Titnore Wood at Wikimedia Commons

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