Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Clocaenog Forest is in West Denbighshire/Conwy, Wales. It is 40 square miles 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 150 centimeters 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 also took up many acres of small farmers land. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.