King's Copse - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🎠Play🛝Family🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
50.98573, -1.37565
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
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking☕Café🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
playground, café, parking
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café
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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km13 signed routes nearby · 21 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
Itchen WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Otter TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Water Vole WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
The Chestnut TrailWalking route▾
Kingswaypublic footpath · 196 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 196 mSurface asphaltPath type: cycleway
114 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Winchester Local Cycle NetworkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Chandlers FordCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Southampton Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef S5Local cycle route
Southampton Cycle Network Route 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef S7Local cycle route
NCN 23 linkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Southampton Cycle Network Route 6 & 7 LinkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Itchen Valley Off Road Cycle RouteMountain bike route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
34,310 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
34,310 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Robin · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Long-tailed Tit · Carrion Crow +45
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great TitParus major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- CootFulica atra
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- GreenshankTringa nebularia
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- SwiftApus apus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Red Fox · Mole
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- MoleTalpa europaea
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Palmate Newt
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
7-spot Ladybird · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Southern Hawker · Red-eyed Damselfly · Dock Bug +11
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Culiseta annulataCuliseta annulata
- Varied Carpet Beetle
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
34,310 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Robin · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Long-tailed Tit · Carrion Crow +45
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great TitParus major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- CootFulica atra
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- GreenshankTringa nebularia
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- SwiftApus apus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Red Fox · Mole
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- MoleTalpa europaea
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Palmate Newt
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
7-spot Ladybird · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Southern Hawker · Red-eyed Damselfly · Dock Bug +11
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Culiseta annulataCuliseta annulata
- Varied Carpet Beetle
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Anthrenus verbasci
Anthrenus verbasci
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalisWestern Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalisEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxCorizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyamiFerdinandeaFerdinandeaFerdinandeaFerdinandeaMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusSpeckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissimaSpeckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissimaBirch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctusBirch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctusBatman HoverflyMyathropa floreaBatman HoverflyMyathropa floreaEvents & activities nearby
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