Position About two miles southeast of Market Rasen on the Legsby Road and immediately adjoining the new extension to the golf links. It is bounded on the north and east sides by Forestry Commission plantations (Willingham Forest) And opposite the Linwood Warren Nature Reserve owned by the Lincolnshire Trust for Nature Conservation. Given to the Scout Association, Lincolnshire by Col J W Wintringham in 1961 to be used as a County Leader Training Ground.

Description The site consists of 8.5 acres of old heathland, the main part of which is covered by birch scrub, heather and rough grass. There are, however, several distinctly different areas each with its own types of animal and vegetable life, which makes the site more interesting to the naturalist.

These "zones" consists of a strip of "high wood", some well grown oaks with one or two fairly mature pines and birches and a number of birch seedlings which have grown tall and "spindly" around the larger trees.

There is another distinct zone following the stream on the northeast of the plot with a small marsh connected with it. Then there is the "bluff", a sandy hillock with some different vegetation, but the main part of the site consists of a number of clearings, some natural, some specially made, which are used for camping and other activities, surrounded by young birch scrub.

Geology The surface of the central zone is covered with a shallow layer of fine yellow sand evidently blown there at some time. Under this. Is a deeper layer of grey water-bearing sand to a considerable depth. The whole is enclosed in a basin with a wall of "hardpan" (broken down ironstone) and the stream on the northeast boundary shows strong orange colouring from ironstone deposit. There is some clay in the marsh and loam in the high wood. The bluff appears to be a sand hill and has been extensively burrowed by rabbits.