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Catherine
February 16, 2024
Hiking
Burntwood recalls the importance of this corner of the old forest of Bloor for providing charcoal for use in the long gone glassmaking industry in the area, in the late 1500s. Spread among the older oak woods coppiced stools, created by harvesting side branches on a regular cycle (around 15 years), using these to make the charcoal. Today the woodland is renowned for its abundance of butterflies and moths and is managed by Staffordshire Wildlife Trust. Until the 1970s its secluded setting housed a sanatorium for victims of tuberculosis.
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Elevation 210 m