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Blagdon Hill Wood

✦ Ancient woodland13 ha

📷 Simon Barnes · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

WildlifeBirdsForaging
Free entryDogs welcome13 ha

Getting here

50.94777, -1.91038

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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

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
  • 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Blackbird, Woodcock, Corn Bunting +50 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackbird, Woodcock, Corn Bunting +50 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Plants — Wild Strawberry, Bramble, Rough Hawkbit +11 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Early-purple Orchid, Common Spotted-orchid, Greater Butterfly-orchid +94 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Red-tailed Bumblebee, Common Carder Bee, White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers +66 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Red-tailed Bumblebee, Common Carder Bee, White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers +66 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Cranborne Droves WayWalking route

The route of the Cranborne Droves Way walkers route between Win Green where it links with Wessex Ridgeway and Salisbury where it links with the Sarsen Way

Named routeRegional walking route
Jubilee Trail (Dorset)Walking route
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The Hardy WayWalking route
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Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
National BywayCycling route
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
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Mountain biking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Fordingbridge Off Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route
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Fordingbridge Off Road Cycle Trail (Shortcut)Mountain bike route
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Cranborne Droves Way TrailMountain bike route
Named route

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Young Buck Blagdon Hill Wood

📷 Simon Barnes · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Young Buck Blagdon Hill Wood

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦CRANBORNE MANORHistoric site3.4 km→✦Two linear earthworks, two barrows and Iron Age and Romano-British settlements on Tidpit Common DownHistoric site1.7 km→✦BOVERIDGE HOUSE SCHOOLHistoric site2 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 site2.8 km→✦Long barrow south-west of Vernditch ChaseHistoric site4.9 km→✦A linear earthwork and two bowl barrows east of Bokerley Dyke on Blagdon HillHistoric site1.8 km→

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