Clocaenog Forest
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Clocaenog Forest is in West Denbighshire/Conwy, Wales. It is 40 square miles (100 km²) in extent, mostly coniferous softwoods under the control of the Forestry Commission. It is a highland region, mostly above 350 metres. It experienced a severe winter in 1946/47 with over 1.5 m of lying snow on flat ground recorded at Clawddnewydd (a nearby village), and there was another hard winter in 1962/63. It is also the last mainland stronghold of red squirrels in Wales.
It was planted in 1905 on what was mostly moorland and many hill farms.Template:UKW-geo-stub