Burnham
Beeches has a wide variety of habitats including ancient woodland, heathland, bog,
grassland and wood pasture.
It has been designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest because
none of these habitats are very widespread in Buckinghamshire and they need to be
protected. Burnham
Beeches is famous for its ancient beech and oak pollards. These trees were used for
firewood centuries ago and are now 450 years old. Rather than cut down the whole tree,
local people only cut the upper branches so that it would re-grow and provide more
firewood in later years.
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