| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
 Say's Copse | |
| Location | Northamptonshire |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | SP 721 430[1] |
| Interest | Biological |
| Area | 400.1 hectares[1] |
| Notification | 1985[1] |
| Location map | Magic Map |
Whittlewood Forest is a former medieval hunting forest east of Silverstone in Northamptonshire in England. It is managed by the Forestry England.[2] There are tracts of ancient woodland within it and old ditches can be found at the edges of several individual woods. The area has been the subject of extensive academic historical research.[3] An area of 400 hectares (990 acres) in seven different patches has been designated a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), which is about half the size of an average English parish.[1][4] It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade 2.[5]
- ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Whittlewood Forest". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
- ^ "Whittlewood Forest - Bucknells Wood". Woodland Trust. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
- ^ The Whittlewood Project
- ^ "Map of Whittlewood Forest". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
- ^ Ratcliffe, Derek, ed. (1977). A Nature Conservation Review. Vol. 2. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 85. ISBN 0521-21403-3.