Badby Wood

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{{Infobox SSSI

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|name= Badby Wood

|aos= Northamptonshire

|interest=Biological

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|area= 47.2 hectares

|notifydate= 1985

|map=[http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271002620%27 Magic Map]

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Badby Wood is a {{convert|47.2|hectare|acre|adj=on}} biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) south of Badby in Northamptonshire.{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1002620&SiteName=BADBY&countyCode=&responsiblePerson= |title=Designated Sites View: Badby Wood | series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate = 26 February 2017}}{{cite web|url= http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271002620%27|title=Map of Badby Wood|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate= 26 February 2017}}

This is ancient semi-natural woodland on acidic soils, and it has been forested for over 700 years. It is mainly pedunculate oak, with varied ground flora including creeping soft-grass, wood anemone, yellow archangel and bluebell. A small marsh has very diverse herbs.{{cite web|url=http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1002620.pdf |title=Badby Wood citation |series=Sites of Special Scientific Interest |publisher=Natural England |accessdate=26 February 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303180300/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1002620.pdf |archive-date=3 March 2016 }}

There is access by footpaths from Badby. Much of the eastern half of the wood falls outside the SSSI.