Getting here
50.84715, -2.31025
Trails nearby
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Walking
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Cycling
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Mountain biking
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Horse riding
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Named routes and paths nearby
Wessex Ridgeway Trail · MTB0
North Dorset Cycle Way · Cycling0
Wessex Ridgeway · Hiking0
Jubilee Trail (Dorset) · Hiking0
About this broadleaved woodland
Broadleaved 65824 is an ancient broadleaved woodland covering 1 hectares. As an ancient woodland, it has been continuously wooded since at least 1600 AD — a rare and irreplaceable habitat rich in biodiversity and historical character.
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🌱 Visiting this spring
- 🌸Ancient woodlands are famous for bluebell carpets in April and May — one of Britain's most spectacular wildflower displays
- 🐦Prime nesting season — listen for woodpecker drumming, warbler song and the first cuckoos from April
- 🦌Roe deer are active before the leaf canopy closes in — dawn and dusk are best
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
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Nearby places
Useful places within 5 km
✦Milton AbbeyHistoric site2.2 km→✦Cultivation remains on Thomas's Hill and E of HiltonHistoric site2.5 km→🌱Jubilee OrchardUrban park4 km→🌱Millennium GreenUrban park4 km→✦Small multivallate hillfort called Rawlsbury CampHistoric site1.6 km→✦Earthworks on Houghton South Down, including group of three round barrowsHistoric site3.1 km→