Kings and Bakers Woods and Heaths

{{Short description|Nature reserve in Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox SSSI

|image=King's Wood, Heath and Reach 4.JPG

|name=Kings and Bakers Woods and Heaths

|aos=Bedfordshire

Buckinghamshire

|interest=Biological

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|area=212.8 hectares

|notifydate=1984

|map=[http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271000462%27 Magic Map]

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Kings and Bakers Woods and Heaths is a {{convert|212.8|hectare|acre|adj=on}} Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) between Heath and Reach in Bedfordshire and Great Brickhill in Buckinghamshire. The site is mainly in Bedfordshire but includes Rammamere Heath in Buckinghamshire. It was notified in 1984 under Section 28 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, and the local planning authorities are Central Bedfordshire Council and Aylesbury Vale Council.{{cite web|url=http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1000462.pdf|title=Kings and Bakers Woods and Heaths citation|series=Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date=27 August 2015|archive-date=24 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024203501/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1000462.pdf|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url= http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271000462%27|title=Map of Kings and Bakers Woods and Heaths|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date= 27 August 2015}}{{cite web|url=https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1000462&SiteName=&countyCode=3&responsiblePerson=|title=Kings and Bakers Woods and Heaths|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date= 30 September 2015}} Part of it is a National Nature Reserve,{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bedfordshires-national-nature-reserves/bedfordshires-national-nature-reserves#barton-hills|title=Bedfordshire's National Nature Reserves|publisher=Natural England|access-date= 27 August 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?layers=Designations,9,10&box=-288417:46530:777997:746530|title=Map of National Nature Reserves in England|publisher=Natural England|access-date= 27 August 2015}} and part of it is a nature reserve managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.{{cite web|url=http://www.wildlifebcn.org/reserves/kings-wood-and-rammamere-heath|title=King's Wood and Rammamere Heath|publisher=Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire|access-date=27 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905154716/http://www.wildlifebcn.org/reserves/kings-wood-and-rammamere-heath|archive-date=5 September 2015|url-status=dead}} it is also a Nature Conservation Review site.

The site has the largest remaining area of woodland in Bedfordshire, together with lowland heath, acidic grassland and some small ponds. There are a number of rare plant species, including great woodrush, wood vetch and saw-wort. There are also abundant birds and insects, including white admiral butterflies and tree pipits.

There is parking in Stockgrove Country Park, which is partly in the SSSI.