Cambridge Wood

Cambridge Wood is next to South Darley and is located in Derbyshire, England. Cambridge Wood has a length of 3.89 kilometres.

The woodland is a working wood and has been planted on contaminated land due to lead mining and is unsuitable for grazing.

Lead is poisonous to both plants and animals,with the smelting processes being the most dangerous. There are many examples of trees planted on the lines of veins in the old mining areas to deter cattle from grazing near mining operation.

The current owners of the smelter on the site of the former Mill Close mine at Darley Bridge have bought much of the adjoining land and turned the arable and pasture into woodland, to avoid the danger to crops and animals.