Article 2QJWR Doggers, drugs and sheep attacks – why Britain’s naughtiest wood is closed

Doggers, drugs and sheep attacks – why Britain’s naughtiest wood is closed

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Gavin Haynes
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If you go down to Uffmoor Wood today, you're sure of a big surprise - you won't be able to get in. Has the Woodland Trust made the right decision to temporarily padlock the Worcestershire woodland?

It's Britain's baddest woodland. Two hundred acres of bluebell-infested forest so naughty that the Woodland Trust has taken the rare step of shutting it down until it improves.

Uffmoor Wood, near Halesowen in the West Midlands, is padlocked as of today, after becoming a focal point for sheep-worrying, dirt bike scrambling, dog fouling, drug peddling and sex dogging.

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