Road Copse - Broadleaved woodland
50 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦅Birds🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome50 ha
Getting here
51.11677, -3.62433
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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
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Lowland heathland — Dartford warblers, nightjars and stonechats
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland heathland — silver-studded blue and heath fritillary butterflies
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
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 km5 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Two Moors WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef MWListed length 166Regional walking route
Exe Valley WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef EVWRegional walking route
Walking in Exmoor: Day TwoWalking route25.6 km▾
Named routeLength 25.6 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Coleridge WayWalking route82 km▾
Named routeRef CWLength 82 kmRegional walking route
Macmillan Way WestWalking route▾
Named routeRef MWWRegional walking route
13 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Moorland Above Curr Cleave
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Wildlife to spot
2,383 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,383 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSwallow · Wren · Blackbird · Dipper · Chiffchaff +36
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MagpiePica pica
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- SwiftApus apus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Common Sedge · Ivy-leaved Bellflower · Meadowsweet · Foxglove · Hard-fern +117
- Common SedgeCarex nigra
- Ivy-leaved BellflowerWahlenbergia hederacea
- MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
- FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
- Hard-fernBlechnum spicant
- Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
- Bell HeatherErica cinerea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,383 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSwallow · Wren · Blackbird · Dipper · Chiffchaff +36
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MagpiePica pica
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- SwiftApus apus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Common Sedge · Ivy-leaved Bellflower · Meadowsweet · Foxglove · Hard-fern +117
- Common SedgeCarex nigra
- Ivy-leaved BellflowerWahlenbergia hederacea
- MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
- FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
- Hard-fernBlechnum spicant
- Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
- Bell HeatherErica cinerea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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