Delcombe Wood
✦ Ancient woodland28 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome28 ha
Getting here
50.84787, -2.30409
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
- 🅿️Parking 333m away — 4 car parks within reach
🌤️ 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
- 🅿️Parking 333m away — 4 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Raven, Marsh Tit, Nuthatch +51 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Raven, Marsh Tit, Nuthatch +51 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Bluebell, Ivy, Cow Parsley +7 more · last seen 2018
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Small White +41 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Small White +41 more · last seen 2024
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Common Nettle, Hogweed, Hawthorn +1 more foraging species
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Wessex RidgewayWalking route▾
Named routeRef WRRegional walking route
Jubilee Trail (Dorset)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 25Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 25National Cycle Network
North Dorset Cycle WayCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route1.8 km▾
Named routeRef 25Length 1.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Wessex Ridgeway TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeListed length 207km
9 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
4,099 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,099 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSwift · Goldfinch · Whitethroat · Raven · Willow Warbler +3
- SwiftApus apus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- RavenCorvus corax
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Meadow Brown · Speckled Wood · Large White
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
🌿Plants129 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Common Nettle · Hogweed · Cock's-foot · Bramble · Creeping Thistle +124
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,099 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSwift · Goldfinch · Whitethroat · Raven · Willow Warbler +3
- SwiftApus apus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- RavenCorvus corax
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Meadow Brown · Speckled Wood · Large White
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
🌿Plants129 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Common Nettle · Hogweed · Cock's-foot · Bramble · Creeping Thistle +124
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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