There's a Forest of it with a road east and north (5)
I believe the answer is:
arden
'there's a forest' is the definition.
(forest in Shakespeare's As You Like It)
'a road east and north' is the wordplay.
'road' becomes 'rd' (abbreviation for road).
'east' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'north' becomes 'N' (abbreviation).
'a'+'rd'+'e'+'n'='ARDEN'
'of it with' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for arden that I've seen before include "Wood in play" , "Shakespearean forest" , "Playwright; Shakespeare's forest" , "John --, playwright" , "Wooded region of Warwickshire" .)