The Pound Wood Pages

• The Pound Wood Opening PageHome
• The History of Pound Wood down the agesHistory
• How the woods contributed to the local EconomyEconomy
• Birds, Butterflies, Trees, Flowers and much other WildlifeWildlife
• How the woods were managed in the past, and how they are managed todayManagement
• The Geology of the woods, and the climatic environmentPhysical
• How to get to Pound WoodAccess
• Charcoal Burning in Pound WoodCharcoal
• The areas that have been coppiced over recent yearsCoupes
• Maps of the wood: physical, cultural and vegetationMaps
• Newsletter items about the wood over the yearsNewsletters
• The Interactive Pound Wood Trail GuideTrail Guide
• About these web pagesAbout
• The Essex Wildlife Trust WebsiteEssex Wildlife Trust

Maps of Pound Wood

This page provides two kinds of maps of Pound Wood. The first group are derived from Oliver Rackham’s book, augmented by more recent information on the wood. These provide a series of maps of the paths, rides, brooks, coupes, geology etc. This group also provides a series of downloadable and scalable files that can be incorporated into a drawing program or word processor (such as Word).

The second group are based on Google Maps and Google Earth. If you are familiar with these then you will recognize the context. Clicking on a marker gives a small box with some further information, and perhaps even a picture. This is on a separate site from the main Pound Wood pages. These are currently very much work in progress. Any comments, please contact me. Details are on the About page.

Group One: Outline and Downloadable maps

Group Two: Google maps

Editor’s notes:

Note that the two maps differ slightly in orientation and outline. Rackham’s maps were produced before the days of GPS (Geographical Positioning Systems), so these inaccuracies can be forgiven. The positioning of the paths, rides etc on the Google maps is my best effort at projecting the Rackham maps onto the Google maps. When we can properly geoposition the various points using GPS, then I will be able to integrate the two properly.

Outline maps

Click to see:

There are brief notes on some of the maps below.

These maps are re-drawn by John Rostron from data from the Essex Wildlife Trust, and in Rackham (1986), with information added based on recent changes.

To download maps (as Enhanced Windows Metafiles), click here.

Coppiced areas (Coupes)

The coppiced areas are shown in yellow-green. Further information about each coupe is available through the Management pages of the Pound Wood Site.

Topographical Map of Pound Wood

This map shows the major topographical features of Pound Wood, including woodbanks, streams, hollows and significant gradients. It should be seen in relation to the other maps since the outlines are not shown.

Woodland Types within Pound Wood

The various colours correspond to major woodland types. Small patches of individual trees are represented as circles.

Contours and Geology

The three strata of underlying rock are approximately separated by the 50m and 60m contours. The lower levels, especially the Claygate beds, are overlain by ‘Head’ which is a mix of the Pebble Gravel and Bagshot deposits that has been eroded down to that level. The entire wood area has since been covered by a 1–2m layer of Loess, a fine silty, windblown deposit.

See the page on Geology in the Pound Wood Pack

Reference

Rackham, O. (1986) The Ancient Woodlands of England: The Woods of South-East Essex. Rochford District Council.

Downloading Maps

You can download Enhanced Windows Metafiles of the above maps, suitable for incorporating into word-processed reports, by right-clicking on the highlighted map name below, then selecting the Save Link As option.

Note: If you wish to re-scale these maps in a document, then you should always use the corner handles to adjust the size. This will preserve the aspect ratio and avoid distortion.

Base Map

Path Names

Brook Names

Coupe Names

Topography

Geology and Contours

Woodland Types