{{Short description|Site of Special Scientific Interest}} {{for|a forest of the same name in Warwickshire|Oakley Wood (Warwickshire)}} {{Infobox SSSI |image= Oakley Wood 1.jpg |image_caption = |name= Oakley Wood |aos= Leicestershire |interest=Biological |gridref={{gbmappingsmall| SK 484 216 }}<ref name=dsv/> |area= 48.1 hectares<ref name=dsv/> |notifydate= 1985<ref name=dsv/> |map=[http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271001064%27 ''Magic Map''] }} '''Oakley Wood''' is a {{convert|48.1|hectare|acre|adj=on}} biological [[Site of Special Scientific Interest]] west of [[Hathern]] in [[Leicestershire]].<ref name=dsv>{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1001064&SiteName=oakley&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Oakley Wood | series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date = 6 November 2017}}</ref><ref name=map>{{cite web|url= http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271001064%27|title=Map of Oakley Wood|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date= 6 November 2017}}</ref>
This site provides the only example in the county of the transition from [[oak]] woodland on free draining acid soil to the [[Fraxinus excelsior|ash]] and [[Corylus avellana|hazel]] typical of the heavy clays of eastern central England. Rides add to the variety of flora, with woodland species such as [[lily of the valley]] and [[yellow archangel]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1001064.pdf|title=Oakley Wood citation|series=Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date=6 November 2017|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304072319/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1001064.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The site is private land with no public access.
==References== {{reflist}} {{commons category|Oakley Wood}}
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