Getting here
50.94503, -3.02040
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km🚶
Walking
7
6 named nearby · 1 public path
Named routePublic access
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Cycling
2
2 named nearby
Named route
🐴
Horse riding
4
4 public paths
Public access
Named routes and paths nearby
Channel to Channel · Walking0
Route 33 · Cycling0
Herepath Trail - Castle Neroche · Walking0
Herepath Trail - Thurlbear · Walking0
Alternative Route · Cycling
Middleroom Drove · bridleway
About this mixed woodland
Mixed mainly broadleaved 304493 is an ancient mixed woodland covering 2 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.
Wildlife to spot
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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
✦Castle Neroche: a motte and bailey castle and earlier defences above Castle PlantationHistoric site1.5 km→✦HATCH (BEAUCHAMP) COURTHistoric site4.9 km→✦Castle NerocheHistoric site1.5 km→✦Castle NerocheHistoric site1.5 km→✦Devil's StoneHistoric site2.2 km→✦Cross in St Aldhelm and St Eadburga churchyardHistoric site4.6 km→