finnochio the Clyde runs through some deep gorges where remnants of the ancient woodlands survive. There's a mix of ash, oak, hazel and rowan, birch and Scot's pine on the higher slopes.
Some of the best blubell woods are in NW Leics, the Outwoods near Loughborough- with granit outcrops and sessile oaks- and just off the M1- wonderful place