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✦ Historic site
Two linear earthworks, two barrows and Iron Age and Romano-British settlements on Tidpit Common Down
8 ha
Getting here
50.96228, -1.90479
Best for
4 activitiesHeritage
Free86%Historic site with public access
Wildlife
Free75%Ancient woodland
Dog walks
Free72%Dogs allowed with public access
Mountain biking
Varies60%Named MTB route nearby: Fordingbridge Off Road Cycle Trail
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km🚶
Walking
3
3 named nearby
Named route
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Cycling
1
1 named nearby
Named route
🚵
Mountain biking
3
3 named nearby
Named route
🐴
Horse riding
16
16 public paths
Public access
Named routes and paths nearby
Cranborne Droves Way · Hiking0
National Byway · Cycling0
Fordingbridge Off Road Cycle Trail · MTB0
Fordingbridge Off Road Cycle Trail (Shortcut) · MTB0
About this historic site
Scheduled Monument
Wildlife to spot
Photos
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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
Facilities
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Car park
Nature Reserve Parking · 451m
✓ 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
✦Grim's DitchHistoric site3.2 km→✦BOVERIDGE HOUSE SCHOOLHistoric site3.5 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 site2.2 km→✦Long barrow south-west of Vernditch ChaseHistoric site4 km→✦Grim's Ditch: Old Lodge Copse to Toyd ClumpHistoric site4.2 km→✦Medieval manorial buildings (uninhabited parts)Historic site4.8 km→