In 2014 we applied to the Forestry Commission for a Woodland Management Grant and were required to divide the land into identifiable compartments.

These were quite detailed and since then we’ve adopted more general descriptions for our own reference purposes. For example Section 5 Mixed Woodland on the plan has become ‘Top Strip’.

We refer to:

Top Strip (see 5 on the plan)

This runs east-west on the southern boundary and consists of disused quarry and mine, spoil heaps and two strips of mixed woodland much of which has been planted in the last twenty years.

Top Grazing (2c on the plan) - about 4 acres of rough, unimproved grazing with some hard and soft rush, thistles and gorse.

The Crag (2b on the plan) - a steep slope running east-west with shallow soil, rocky outcrops, heather and bilberry. There is some suggestion that it might be an outcrop of the Whin Sill. 

The Wetland (2e on the plan) - once forested, is now largely bare with a couple of trees, some Hawthorns, and criss-crossed by a network of drainage channels known locally as grips.

The Pit Wood (4b on the plan) - is the largest area, with established mixed woodland and open glades on either side of a shallow valley. It is also the site of the spring. 

The Orchard (1 on the plan) - a narrow strip that we are gradually filling with fruit trees.

The North-East Strip (3 on the plan) - is a narrow band of mixed woodland, mainly coniferous, with a disused mine.

The Wildflower Meadow (part of 2f on the plan) - this is an area we have fenced off and are in the process of turning into a wildflower meadow.

The Scrub (2d on the plan) - a slope with dense mixed woodland and understory.

The Verges (2a, 2h, 4a on the plan) - originally a barrier strip between Liddells and the neighbouring land. Rough grass with occasional trees. 

The Other Bit (2g and part 2f on the plan) - the roadway from the new bottom entrance, the site of the apiary, disused mine and spoil heaps, and some scrub.