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Hale Coppice - Broadleaved woodland

4 ha

📷 Chris Andrews · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha

Getting here

51.30655, -2.82218

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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
  • ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
Campsite

Best for

7 activities

Dog walks

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Foraging

Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants

Varies

Wildlife

Deciduous woodland priority habitat

Free

Bird watching

Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds

Free

Insect spotting

Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens

Free

Forest walks

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

5 signed routes nearby · 20 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Samaritans Way South WestWalking route166 km
Named routeLength 166 kmRegional walking route
West Mendip WayWalking route48 km
Named routeRef WMWLength 48 kmRegional walking route
The Butcombe TrailWalking route74 km
Named routeRef BUTLength 74 kmRegional walking route
The Mendip TrailWalking route
Named routeRef MTRegional walking route
Limestone LinkWalking route58 km
Named routeRef LLLength 58 kmRegional walking route
Oakridge Closepublic footpath · 22 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 22 mPath type: residential
Wheelchair access to sladers leighpublic footpath · 7 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 7 mSurface dirtPath type: footway
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Cycling

40 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 26 (Proposed)Cycling route
Named routeRef 26National Cycle Network
Strawberry LineCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 26Cycling route
Named routeRef 26National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route2.2 km
Named routeRef 26Length 2.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route66 m
Named routeRef 26Length 66 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
Main RouteCycling route113 m
Named routeRef 26Length 113 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Horse riding

10 public paths nearby

Public paths
Oakridge Lanebridleway · 66 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 66 mSurface asphaltPath type: unclassified
Winscombe Drovebridleway · 1.2 km
Public pathbridlewayLength 1.2 kmSurface dirtIncline upPath type: track
Yadley Lanebridleway · 488 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 488 mSurface dirtPath type: bridleway
Oakridge Lanebridleway · 586 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 586 mPath type: track
Fullers Lanebridleway · 342 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 342 mPath type: residential

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Hale Combe

📷 Chris Andrews · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱All Weather PitchUrban park4.7 km→✦Dolebury Camp: a large univallate hillfort and associated and later earthworks on Dolebury WarrenHistoric site3.3 km→🌱Hannah More ParkUrban park4.4 km→✦Roman settlement site, Anglo-Saxon and Norman royal palace, and St Columbanus' ChapelHistoric site4.8 km→⚽Memorial Recreation GroundPlaying field600 m→🦉SLADERS LEIGHNature reserve800 m→

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