The Gullet is a Local Nature Reserve in Maidenhead in Berkshire. It is owned and managed by the

Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead is a Royal Borough of Berkshire, in South East England. It is named after both the towns of Maidenhead and Windsor, the borough also covers the nearby towns of Ascot and Eton. It is home to Windsor ...

Geography and site

The nature reserve is a small strip of woodland along the railway which contains a mixture of trees on a chalky soil, along with flowering plants, scrub and rough grassland.

History

In 1999 the site was declared as a local nature reserve by the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead.

Flora

The site has the following flora:

Trees

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Fagus sylvatica ''Fagus sylvatica'', the European beech or common beech is a deciduous tree belonging to the beech family Fagaceae. Description ''Fagus sylvatica'' is a large tree, capable of reaching heights of up to tall and trunk diameter, though more ...

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Quercus robur ''Quercus robur'', commonly known as common oak, pedunculate oak, European oak or English oak, is a species of flowering plant in the beech and oak family, Fagaceae. It is a large tree, native to most of Europe west of the Caucasus. It is widel ...

References

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