An ancient forest near Kilkeel, in County Down, opens to the public on Monday for the first time in 500 years
.It covers 156 hectares, which includes 73 hectares of incredibly rare ancient woodland.
"This is our bread and butter, to restore and protect ancient woodlands," said Woodland Trust estate and project manager Dave Scott.The Woodland Trust has been working to make the area accessible to the public The park was also home to some invasive species, like rhododendron and laurel, which the trust has been removing from the site since it began working with the previous owners three years ago.Mr Scott said: "What that does is it stops the light getting to the forest floor and it just chokes the woodland, so we just got in in time."The areas that have been cleared now allow forest floor plants like wood anemone, foxgloves and bluebells to grow.
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