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Bracket's Coppice

✦ Ancient woodland28 ha

📷 Maurice D Budden · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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WildlifeBirdsSeasonal
Free entryDogs welcome28 ha

Getting here

50.86176, -2.68738

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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; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Wren, Chiffchaff, Blue Tit +62 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Wren, Chiffchaff, Blue Tit +62 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour

Free

Insect spotting

Lowland meadows — marbled white, meadow brown and pollinating insects; Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Ringlet +26 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Heritage

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Monarch's WayWalking route990 km

approximate route of Charles II's escape

Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route
River Parrett TrailWalking route80 km
Named routeRef RPTLength 80 kmRegional walking route
Wessex RidgewayWalking route
Named routeRef WRRegional walking route
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Cycling

13 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Route 26Cycling route
Named routeRef 26National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.3 km
Named routeRef 26Length 1.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route20 m
Named routeRef 26Length 20 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route493 m
Named routeRef 26Length 493 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route3.2 km
Named routeRef 26Length 3.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1 km
Named routeRef 26Length 1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
Wessex Ridgeway TrailMountain bike route
Named routeListed length 207km
🐴

Horse riding

1 public path nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

Photos

View downstream, from the lower footbridge, Bracket's Coppice

📷 Maurice D Budden · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

View downstream, from the lower footbridge, Bracket's Coppice

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Nearby places

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✦Mohun Castle (site of)Historic site4.6 km→✦Bowl barrow on Beaminster Down 530m south east of East Axnoller FarmHistoric site3.8 km→✦Moated site 800m NNW of Pipplepen FarmhouseHistoric site4.7 km→

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