45 acres of good quality mixed land within Exmoor National Park with views North across the channel to the Brecon Beacons and South, down the beautiful West Lyn Valley to the moor. Stock Wood Farm is not only good quality grazing land, it is also one of the best examples of Exmoor's cultural and ecological heritage. Access is good off a quiet road, close to local amenities, ten minutes from the sea and the moor and there is a new bore hole offering plenty of fantastic quality water year round.
At the bottom of the impressive, stone faced, sunken track that runs through the centre of Stock Wood Farm is a large semi-ruined linhay.
In the valley bottom there is a small overstood hazel coppice with some ash standards and a lovely secluded river meadow, where the pristine West Lyn River runs alongside the meadow and Stock Wood.
Stock Wood Farm's quality and diversity make it perfect land for conservation, amenity, mixed farming and small scale sustainable forestry enterprises.
Please email stockwoodfarm@gmail.com if you would like to talk to Leo and Helen to find out more. Please, only get in touch if you are already in a position to buy, thank you. Site visits strictly by appointment only.
Explore Stock Wood Farm
Please email stockwoodfarm@gmail.com if you would like to talk to Leo and Helen to find out more. Please, only get in touch if you are already in a position to buy, thank you. Site visits strictly by appointment only.
Some notes on the photo albums
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Fields and Hedgerows
The fields are made up up of:
20 acres of permanent pasture, which are a pretty diverse grass mix but have a high percentage of rye and white clover, on a loamy, well drained soil, gently sloping west.
6 acres of flower rich meadow generally flat, well drained loamy soil.
2 acres of river meadow.
We have added no chemicals or fertilizers to any of the fields for the past 5 years.
There is a small tin barn, in sound condition, in one of the meadows near the road.
The hedgebanks are a couple of hundred years old, stone faced with beech hedge, although there are some very old ash and hawthorn in there too. They are some of the finest examples of these famous Exmoor landmarks, having been well maintained over their lifetime. They provide great shelter, as you will see in our photos in the album below and also in the Livestock album.
All of the field entrances except one have been widened to allow for the larger tractors you get these days and there are wooden gates hung in most of the gateways.
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Woodland
Stock Wood is a 10 acre ancient, oak woodland. It used to be an oak coppice & woodland pasture for livestock grazing. It is likely the timber was sent across to South Wales coal mines for props in exchange for lime to go on the fields. About 80 years ago the over-stood oak stools were inter-planted with more oak and these trees are in need of thinning. As mentioned above, the Forestry Commission have already said that a thinning license will be granted on receipt of an approved woodland management plan. Which they can help you with. There is some good timber in there, as well as potential for a small firewood or craft enterprise.
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Track and Linhay
This track is one of the best examples of a stone banked track on Exmoor. It runs through the centre of Stock Wood Farm and joins the fields, woodland and valley bottom. At the bottom of the track is a large, semi-ruined linhay, where you can still see remains of an old cart.
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River and River meadow
The pristine West Lyn river runs along the side of the water meadow and the woodland. It offers fantastic conservation and amenity value and adds yet another dimension to the diversity of Stock Wood.
The river meadow is about 2 acres and is set in-between the coppice and the woodland. A special and secluded place, with areas for camping and wildlife watching.
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Coppice
This 2 acre farm coppice is hazel with a few ash standards. It is over-stood and so as part of bringing it back into cycle it will provide great firewood potential or wood for odd jobs.
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Scrub land/heath land
This stretch of land is about 4.5 acres. It is great for wildlife but also for conservation grazing as the forage is diverse and rich.
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The photographs below are for those of you interested in the flora and fauna Stock Wood Farm is home to. These photos are just the tip of the iceberg! Stock Wood Farm is one of the richest farms for biodiversity value on Exmoor.
This is a list of just some of the wildlife I've seen at Stock Wood Farm but haven't photographed: Peregrines, Hobbies, Hawks, Herons, Ravens, Owls (including barn & short eared), Stoats, Starlings, Redwings, Gold crests, Cuckoos, Bats, Woodcocks, Grasshopper, Willow and Dartford warblers, Slow worms, Adders, Long tailed tits, Dippers, Otters, Lesser spotted, Greater spotted and Green woodpeckers... I could go on and on! It is a very special place.
Fungi, moss and Lichens
Stock Wood Farm is home to many, many of the colourful wax caps Exmoor is famous for, including some of the rarer ones..
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Flowers
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These are photographs of our livestock on the farm, enjoying lush grass and shelter by the hedgebanks.
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