Getting here
50.93225, -1.92820
Best for
4 activitiesHeritage
Free86%Historic site with public access
Wildlife
Free75%Ancient woodland
Dog walks
Free72%Dogs allowed with public access
Hiking
Free65%Named hiking route nearby: The Hardy Way
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km🚶
Walking
4
3 named nearby · 1 public path
Named routePublic access
🚴
Cycling
2
2 named nearby
Named route
🚵
Mountain biking
1
1 named nearby
Named route
🐴
Horse riding
1
1 public path
Public access
Named routes and paths nearby
National Byway · Cycling0
Fordingbridge Off Road Cycle Trail · Mountain bike0
Shire Rack · Walking0
North Dorset Cycle Way · Cycling0
About this historic site
Knap Barrow is an ancient historic site. 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 access🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
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Nearby places
Useful places within 5 km
✦CRANBORNE MANORHistoric site1.6 km→✦ST GILES' HOUSEHistoric site3.3 km→✦BOVERIDGE HOUSE SCHOOLHistoric site1.7 km→✦Two linear earthworks, two barrows and Iron Age and Romano-British settlements on Tidpit Common DownHistoric site3.7 km→✦Bokerley Dyke, and a section of Grim's Ditch, a section of a medieval boundary bank, and two bowl barrows on and north west of Martin DownHistoric site4 km→✦Part of Ackling Dyke (Roman road), including Roman road on Oakley DownHistoric site4.2 km→