Copthorne Wood - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
51.65136, -0.47058
Open directionsv
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Named hiking route nearby: Chess Valley Walk
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km15 signed routes nearby · 21 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
The Chiltern WayWalking route275 km▾
A waymarked long-distance footpath in southern England
Named routeRef CWLength 275 kmRegional walking route
Grand Union Canal WalkWalking route▾
Napton to Coy Carp section
Named routeRegional walking route
LOOP link to Moor Park UndergroundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Colne Valley TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Ebury WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Bridle Pathpublic footpath · 264 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 264 mPath type: footway
Chess Lanepublic footpath · 178 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 178 mPath type: residential
63 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Long Lane to Tudor Parade (proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
Route 61Cycling route34 km▾
Route 61 travels from Maidenhead to Hatfield, Welwyn Garden City and Hertford before arriving near Hoddesdon.
Named routeRef 61Length 34 kmNational Cycle Network
Beacon Way to Tudor Parade (proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
Rickmansworth to Croxley GreenCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Meadow Way, Rickmansworth to NCN61Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
26,136 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
26,136 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGreat Crested Grebe · Robin · Canada Goose · Grey Heron · Moorhen +42
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- CootFulica atra
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Water Vole · Grey Squirrel · Muntjac
- Water VoleArvicola amphibius
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
🐝Insects8 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · Platycis minutus · Oak Bush-cricket +3
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025
- Platycis minutusPlatycis minutus2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
26,136 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGreat Crested Grebe · Robin · Canada Goose · Grey Heron · Moorhen +42
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- CootFulica atra
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Water Vole · Grey Squirrel · Muntjac
- Water VoleArvicola amphibius
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
🐝Insects8 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · Platycis minutus · Oak Bush-cricket +3
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025
- Platycis minutusPlatycis minutus2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Oak Bush-cricket
Oak Bush-cricket
Meconema thalassinum2025
Meconema thalassinum2025
Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025Toxonevra muliebrisToxonevra muliebris2025Toxonevra muliebrisToxonevra muliebris2025Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025