Ash Coppice
✦ Ancient woodland30 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Free entryDogs welcome30 ha
Getting here
52.47928, -0.76323
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Woodpigeon +61 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Woodpigeon +61 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Common Nettle, Gooseberry, Bluebell +141 more · last seen 2025
Free
Plants — Common Nettle, Gooseberry, Blackthorn +21 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Red Admiral, Large White +95 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Small White, Red Admiral, Large White +95 more · last seen 2025
Free
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Jurassic WayWalking route142 km▾
Named routeLength 142 kmRegional walking route
10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Main RouteCycling route40 m▾
Named routeRef 552Length 40 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.6 km▾
Named routeRef 552Length 2.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route20 m▾
Named routeRef 552Length 20 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route260 m▾
Named routeRef 552Length 260 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route138 m▾
Named routeRef 552Length 138 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route164 m▾
Named routeRef 552Length 164 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
1,547 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,547 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Great Tit · Stock Dove · Woodpigeon · Blackbird +44
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
- RavenCorvus corax2022
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2022
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
Hedgehog · Brown Hare
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐝Insects12 species
springsummer
2025▾
Field Grasshopper · Common Darter · Southern Hawker · Brown Hawker · Ruddy Darter +7
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2024
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2024
- Swollen-thighed Beetle
🌿Plants31 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Guelder-rose · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Red Campion · Bristly Oxtongue · Great Willowherb +26
- Guelder-roseViburnum opulus
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
- Red CampionSilene dioica
- Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
- Rowan
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,547 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Great Tit · Stock Dove · Woodpigeon · Blackbird +44
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
- RavenCorvus corax2022
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2022
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
Hedgehog · Brown Hare
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐝Insects12 species
springsummer
2025▾
Field Grasshopper · Common Darter · Southern Hawker · Brown Hawker · Ruddy Darter +7
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2024
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2024
- Swollen-thighed Beetle
🌿Plants31 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Guelder-rose · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Red Campion · Bristly Oxtongue · Great Willowherb +26
- Guelder-roseViburnum opulus
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
- Red CampionSilene dioica
- Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
- Rowan
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Oedemera nobilis2024
Oedemera nobilis2024
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2024Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2024Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2024Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2024Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2024Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2024Tachina feraTachina fera2023Tachina feraTachina fera2023Eriothrix rufomaculataEriothrix rufomaculata2023Eriothrix rufomaculataEriothrix rufomaculata2023Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2021Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2021Sorbus aucuparia
Sorbus aucuparia
HornbeamCarpinus betulusHornbeamCarpinus betulusRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumLesser CelandineFicaria vernaLesser CelandineFicaria vernaSweet VioletViola odorataSweet VioletViola odorataHogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024IvyHedera helix2024IvyHedera helix2024Common NettleUrtica dioica2024Common NettleUrtica dioica2024Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2024Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2024Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2024Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2024Fool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorum2023Fool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorum2023Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2023Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2023BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2023BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2023WatercressNasturtium officinale2023WatercressNasturtium officinale2023Common DuckweedLemna minor2023Common DuckweedLemna minor2023Broad-leaved PondweedPotamogeton natans2023Broad-leaved PondweedPotamogeton natans2023Water-StarwortCallitriche2023Water-StarwortCallitriche2023Ranunculus aquatilisRanunculus aquatilis2023Ranunculus aquatilisRanunculus aquatilis2023Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis2023Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis2023Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2022Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2022Bearded CouchElymus caninus2021Bearded CouchElymus caninus2021Hairy St John's-wortHypericum hirsutum2021Hairy St John's-wortHypericum hirsutum2021Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2021Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2021Red CloverTrifolium pratense2021Red CloverTrifolium pratense2021Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2021Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2021Common ValerianValeriana officinalis2021Common ValerianValeriana officinalis2021