Maltkiln Hill Copse - Broadleaved woodland
23 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome23 ha
Getting here
51.02969, -2.40979
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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
- 🐕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
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Broadleaved woodland — spring blossom and autumn colour
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 13 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Monarch's WayWalking route990 km▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route
Common Lanepublic footpath · 380 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 380 mPath type: track
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National BywayCycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
National Byway (Somerset Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRound tripRegional cycle route
North Dorset Cycle WayCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
National Byway (proposed South West)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
2,595 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,595 records · National Biodiversity NetworkTawny Owl
Glow-worm · Common Red Soldier Beetle
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
White Dead-nettle · Hazel · Hogweed · Ivy-leaved Toadflax · Groundsel +169
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- HazelCorylus avellana
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- DandelionTaraxacum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,595 records · National Biodiversity NetworkTawny Owl
Glow-worm · Common Red Soldier Beetle
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
White Dead-nettle · Hazel · Hogweed · Ivy-leaved Toadflax · Groundsel +169
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- HazelCorylus avellana
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- DandelionTaraxacum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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