Southwick Coppice - Conifer woodland
✦ Ancient woodland53 ha
Plan your visit
🍂Seasonal🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome53 ha
Getting here
52.52517, -0.50574
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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ 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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
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 km2 signed routes nearby · 11 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Nene WayWalking route177 km▾
Named routeLength 177 kmRegional walking route
Jurassic WayWalking route142 km▾
Named routeLength 142 kmRegional walking route
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 53Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 53National Cycle Network
National Byway (Northamptonshire)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
N/ACycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeLength 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route63 m▾
Named routeRef 53Length 63 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Wakerly Woods Red RouteMountain bike route▾
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Wildlife to spot
3,313 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,313 records · National Biodiversity NetworkDunnock · Nuthatch · Treecreeper · Jay · Goldcrest +24
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Lesser Stag Beetle
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
Elder · Ground-ivy · Hazel · Tall Fescue · Black Bryony +100
- ElderSambucus nigra2025
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
- HazelCorylus avellana2025
- Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus2025
- Black BryonyTamus communis2025
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,313 records · National Biodiversity NetworkDunnock · Nuthatch · Treecreeper · Jay · Goldcrest +24
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Lesser Stag Beetle
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
Elder · Ground-ivy · Hazel · Tall Fescue · Black Bryony +100
- ElderSambucus nigra2025
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
- HazelCorylus avellana2025
- Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus2025
- Black BryonyTamus communis2025
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas