Abley Copse - Broadleaved woodland
53 ha
Plan your visit
🦋Insects🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome53 ha
Getting here
50.85612, -2.31221
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
- 🅿️Parking on site — 6 car parks within reach
🌤️ 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
- 🅿️Parking on site — 6 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths
Free
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 km2 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Wessex RidgewayWalking route▾
Named routeRef WRRegional walking route
Jubilee Trail (Dorset)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 25Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 25National Cycle Network
North Dorset TrailwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
North Dorset Cycle WayCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route1.8 km▾
Named routeRef 25Length 1.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Wessex Ridgeway TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeListed length 207km
11 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
4,735 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,735 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSwift · Goldfinch · Whitethroat · Raven · Willow Warbler +3
- SwiftApus apus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- RavenCorvus corax
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
🌿Plants130 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Common Nettle · Bramble · Hogweed · Cock's-foot · False Oat-grass +125
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,735 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSwift · Goldfinch · Whitethroat · Raven · Willow Warbler +3
- SwiftApus apus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- RavenCorvus corax
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
🌿Plants130 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Common Nettle · Bramble · Hogweed · Cock's-foot · False Oat-grass +125
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
