Holt Copse - Broadleaved woodland
8 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome8 ha
Getting here
51.26780, -1.51923
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
- 📍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
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 km3 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Test WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 79Regional walking route
The Brenda Parker WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Pewsey Vale Circular WalkWalking route▾
The Pewsey Vale Tourism Partnership has launched a new long-distance walking, cycling and riding route with the Vale of Pewsey at its heart.
Named routeRound tripRegional walking route
8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
AndoverCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Andover The Lakes cycle routeCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 246Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 246National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route5.1 km▾
Named routeRef 246Length 5.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1 km▾
Named routeRef 246Length 1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route735 m▾
Named routeRef 246Length 735 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Test Valley Tour VMountain bike route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Test Valley Tour VMountain bike route▾
Named routeRound trip
Vernham Dean Off-Road cycle trailMountain bike route▾
Named routeHampshire off Road cycle trails
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
Hungerford Lanerestricted byway · 1.8 km▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 1.8 kmSurface unpavedPath type: track
Hungerford Lanerestricted byway · 1 km▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 1 kmSurface unpavedPath type: track
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Wildlife to spot
7,132 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,132 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPheasant · Tawny Owl · Blue Tit · Wren · Blackbird +39
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2020
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2022
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2020
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2020
- NuthatchSitta europaea2020
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2022
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2020
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2020
- JackdawColoeus monedula2020
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2020
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2020
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- GadwallMareca strepera2022
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2022
- CootFulica atra2022
- Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2022
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2022
- CuckooCuculus canorus2021
- MagpiePica pica2020
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2020
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2020
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2020
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2020
- JayGarrulus glandarius2020
- Little OwlAthene noctua2020
🦌Mammals7 species
springsummer
2025▾
Hedgehog · Roe Deer · Fallow Deer · Brown Hare · Pipistrelle Bat species +2
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2020
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Fallow DeerDama dama2023
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2023
- MoleTalpa europaea
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians3 species
spring
2022▾
Common Toad · Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo2020
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2020
Peacock · Red Admiral · Painted Lady · Small White · Black Oil-beetle +11
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Black Oil-beetleMeloe proscarabaeus
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2023
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,132 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPheasant · Tawny Owl · Blue Tit · Wren · Blackbird +39
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2020
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2022
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2020
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2020
- NuthatchSitta europaea2020
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2022
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2020
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2020
- JackdawColoeus monedula2020
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2020
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2020
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- GadwallMareca strepera2022
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2022
- CootFulica atra2022
- Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2022
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2022
- CuckooCuculus canorus2021
- MagpiePica pica2020
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2020
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2020
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2020
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2020
- JayGarrulus glandarius2020
- Little OwlAthene noctua2020
🦌Mammals7 species
springsummer
2025▾
Hedgehog · Roe Deer · Fallow Deer · Brown Hare · Pipistrelle Bat species +2
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2020
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Fallow DeerDama dama2023
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2023
- MoleTalpa europaea
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians3 species
spring
2022▾
Common Toad · Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo2020
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2020
Peacock · Red Admiral · Painted Lady · Small White · Black Oil-beetle +11
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Black Oil-beetleMeloe proscarabaeus
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2023
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2022
2022
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2019Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2019Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2021Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2021BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2019Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2019Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019Large WhitePieris brassicae2019Large WhitePieris brassicae2019GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019Events & activities nearby
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