Lings Wood Nature Reserve

{{Short description|Nature reserve in Northampton, England}}

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

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| name = Lings Wood

| photo = Lingswood.jpg

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| type = Local Nature Reserve

| grid_ref_UK = SP 803 639

| location = Northampton

| area = 20.1 hectares

| manager = Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire

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Lings Wood is a 20.1 hectare Local Nature Reserve in eastern Northampton. It is owned by Northampton Borough Council and managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.{{cite web|url= http://www.lnr.naturalengland.org.uk/Special/lnr/lnr_details.asp?C=30&N=&ID=266|title=Lings Wood|series=Local Nature Reserves|publisher=Natural England| date = 22 January 2015|accessdate= 21 December 2016}}{{cite web|url= http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=lnrIndex&query=REF_CODE%3D%271009002%27|title=Map of Lings Wood|series=Local Nature Reserves|publisher=Natural England| accessdate= 21 December 2016}}

Frogs, newts, damselflies and dragonflies breed in this nature reserve, which has woodland, ponds, scrub and grassland. There are plantations of sweet chestnut and douglas fir, but in some areas native woodland is regenerating naturally.{{cite web |url=http://www.wildlifebcn.org/reserves/lings-local-nature-reserve |title=Lings |publisher=Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire |accessdate=21 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161222081130/http://www.wildlifebcn.org/reserves/lings-local-nature-reserve |archive-date=22 December 2016 |url-status=dead }}

There is access from Lings Way.