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Clap Lane Coppice

✦ Ancient woodland24 ha

📷 Nigel Mykura · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

WildlifeBirdsPicnic
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome24 ha

Getting here

50.95248, -2.08350

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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
  • 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
  • ☕Coffee Grove Café — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
  • 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
CaféParkingPlaygroundToilets

Best for

12 activities

Wildlife

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Robin, Blue Tit, Great Tit +53 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Robin, Blue Tit, Great Tit +53 more · last seen 2025

Free

Picnic day out

café, toilets

Free

Family friendly

playground, café, toilets

Free

Playgrounds

playground, toilets, café

Free

Seasonal nature

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Toothwort, Bluebell, Ash +93 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

5 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Cranborne Droves WayWalking route

The route of the Cranborne Droves Way walkers route between Win Green where it links with Wessex Ridgeway and Salisbury where it links with the Sarsen Way

Named routeRegional walking route
Shire RackWalking route

Path following the Dorset-Wiltshire border

Named route
Wessex RidgewayWalking route
Named routeRef WRRegional walking route
Jubilee Trail (Dorset)Walking route
Named routeRegional walking route
The Hardy WayWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
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Cycling

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
National BywayCycling route
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
North Dorset Cycle WayCycling route
Named routeRegional cycle route
National Byway Dorset LoopCycling route
Named routeRef NB LoopLocal cycle route
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Mountain biking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Wessex Ridgeway TrailMountain bike route
Named routeListed length 207km
Cranborne Droves Way TrailMountain bike route
Named route
🐴

Horse riding

2 public paths nearby

Public paths
Benches Lanerestricted byway · 1.8 km
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 1.8 kmPath type: track

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Larmer Tree Festival 2009

📷 Nigel Mykura · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Larmer Tree Festival 2009

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦LARMER TREE GROUNDSHistoric site100 m→🌱Larmer Tree GardensUrban park100 m→✦RUSHMORE PARKHistoric site1.6 km→✦EASTBURYHistoric site4.4 km→✦Iron Age and Romano-British settlement remains on Woodcutts Common, 850m south east and 845m SSE of Arundell CottagesHistoric site2.4 km→✦A complex of Iron Age and Romano-British settlement on Berwick Down centred 700m south east of Ashcombe FarmHistoric site2.7 km→

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