Winterfold Forest facts for kids
Winterfold Forest is a beautiful wooded area located in Surrey, England. It sits on a wide, flat part of the western Greensand Ridge. This forest is so big that it smoothly connects with another area called the Hurt Wood, sometimes just called Hurtwood. It's a great place to explore nature!
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Exploring Winterfold Forest
Winterfold Forest is a large woodland area. Part of it is known as Hurt Wood. This section is found in the bigger parish of Shere. It's close to small villages like Peaslake and other tiny settlements, which are often called "hamlets".
What's the Land Like?
The forest has many paths for walking and riding horses. You'll also find springs here, which are the starting points for streams like Cranleigh Waters. The soil in Winterfold Forest is mostly "Greensand." This type of soil is a form of sandstone that lets water pass through it easily. Underneath, there's often a layer of gravel and flint stones, followed by clay.
Where the soil is very sandy, you'll mostly see pine trees, gorse (a spiky bush with yellow flowers), bracken (a type of fern), other ferns, and many kinds of fungi.
High Points in the Forest
Winterfold Forest is home to some of the highest spots in Surrey! Two of these are Pitch Hill and The Warren. Pitch Hill is 257 metres (about 843 feet) above sea level, and The Warren is 251 metres (about 823 feet) high. These hills are in the highest and most wooded part of the Ewhurst area.
Nearby Villages
The closest villages to Winterfold Forest, besides the small homes and cottages right in the woods, are Farley Green and Ewhurst.
