Carlton Wood

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Carlton Wood is one of 89 Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Cambridgeshire. The nearest railway station is Dullingham, about 6.4 km to the north-west. For more of the same, Great Wilbraham Common and Clare Castle Country Park are close by.

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