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The HISTORY of REDDITCH New Town
Redditch Open Spaces
St. Leonard's, Beoley has a church yard which is beautiful at all seasons of the year. It
is much visited in January and February when large areas are carpeted in snowdrops.The
church has puts on an annual Snowdrop Weekends with the churchyard open to all, the
church looking at its best with flower displays and an exhibition and wonderful
refreshments available in the adjoining hall known as the Tapestry Room.
Rough Hill and Wirehill Woods are two contiguous areas of ancient woodland which straddle
the county boundary of Worcestershire and Warwickshire. An ancient bank and ditch
separates Rough Hill Wood in Warwickshire from Wirehill Wood in Hereford and Worcester.
Much of the woodland is dominated by sessile oak with downy birch, and silver birch. The
lower slopes, areas of sessile oak over hazel are supplemented with ash, occasional holly,
hazel and hawthorn.
Here the ground flora is dominated by bramble and bluebell which, when in full bloom,
provide a carpet of blue as far as the eye can see. The area is very popular for walking,
particularly with dogs.
The picture on the next page show the woods in springtime with a carpet of Bluebells.
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