Greyfield Wood
{{short description|Woodland in Somerset, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
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|authority = Woodland Trust
|area = {{convert|36.23|ha|acre|abbr=off}}
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Greyfield Wood is a woodland to the west of High Littleton, Somerset, England. It is around {{convert|16|km|mi|abbr=on}} from Bath and {{convert|19|km|mi|abbr=on}} from Bristol. It is a mixture of ancient woodland and new planting.{{cite web |url=https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/visiting-woods/woods/greyfield-wood/ |title=Greyfield Wood |website=Woodland Trust |accessdate=2020-11-25}}
History
Greyfield wood was once part of the Earl of Warwick's hunting estate.
Part of the wood was once Greyfield Colliery, which was the biggest single industry in the area in the middle of the 18th Century.{{cite web |url=https://highlittletonhistory.org.uk/mining.html |title=High Littleton & Hallatrow History and Parish Records |website=highlittletonhistory.org.uk |accessdate=2020-11-25}} The colliery closed in 1911.{{cite web |url=https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Greyfield_Colliery |title=Greyfield Colliery |website=Grace's Guide to British Industrial History |accessdate=2020-11-25}}
In popular culture
Greyfield Wood, and the waterfall at Stephen's Vale Nature Reserve, were used as locations for filming the British television series Robin of Sherwood.{{cite web |url=https://www.robinofsherwood.org/locations.html |title=RoS Locations |website=robinofsherwood.org |accessdate=2020-11-25}}