Cricket Copse - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
50.99830, -1.39033
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️(pub) 255m away — 18 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️(pub) 255m away — 18 car parks within reach
- £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
Named hiking route nearby: Keble Way
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby · 7 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
Clarendon WayWalking route▾
Winchester to Salisbury
Named routeRegional walking route
Otter TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Water Vole WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
113 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
NCN 23 linkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Cycle Route 23Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 23National Cycle Network
Route 24Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 24National Cycle Network
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Farley Mount Off Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeHampshire off Road cycle trails
Photos
Hocombe Mead Nature Reserve entrance
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Wildlife to spot
33,725 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
33,725 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Marsh Tit · Carrion Crow · Long-tailed Tit · Siskin · Woodpigeon +42
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- PintailAnas acuta2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- BitternBotaurus stellaris2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- Corvus corax coraxCorvus corax corax2025
🦌Mammals4 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Mole · Red Fox · Otter · Brown Hare
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- OtterLutra lutra
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad
Speckled Bush-cricket · Red-eyed Damselfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Culiseta annulata · Western Conifer Seed Bug +5
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
- Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Culiseta annulataCuliseta annulata2025
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2025
- Cream-spot Ladybird
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
33,725 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Marsh Tit · Carrion Crow · Long-tailed Tit · Siskin · Woodpigeon +42
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- PintailAnas acuta2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- BitternBotaurus stellaris2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- Corvus corax coraxCorvus corax corax2025
🦌Mammals4 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Mole · Red Fox · Otter · Brown Hare
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- OtterLutra lutra
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad
Speckled Bush-cricket · Red-eyed Damselfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Culiseta annulata · Western Conifer Seed Bug +5
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
- Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Culiseta annulataCuliseta annulata2025
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2025
- Cream-spot Ladybird
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Calvia quattuordecimguttata2025
Calvia quattuordecimguttata2025
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Events & activities nearby
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