Tree(py) Hollow

A traditional Geocache hidden with Howe Park Wood, Milton Keynes.

The cache was a team effort, with the location found by my partner, the admin stuff done by me, and the design of the cache by my children.

This Geocache will bring you to Howe Park Wood, Milton Keynes. Below is an extract from The Park's Trust website with details of the wood;

Howe Park is probably the woodland mentioned in the Domesday Survey of 1086. Parts of it may be rare surviving fragments of the 'wildwood' that covered the whole of lowland Britain after the last ice Age, 6-11,000 years ago.

In medieval times Howe Park would have been a vital local source of wood for the villagers of nearby Tattenhoe.

When Milton Keynes Development Corporation bought the wood in 1968 it was a dark, wet impenetrable thicket. The shady conditions prevented the growth of woodland flowers and therefore insects, and birds and other wildlife which depend on them. Active management of the wood has transformed that picture and these days Howe Park Wood is one of the city’s jewels, a tranquil oasis, humming with wildlife and colour.