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East Combe Wood

✦ Ancient woodland23 ha

📷 Derek Harper · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome23 ha

Getting here

50.99760, -2.01435

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Great White Egret and Cattle Egret
  • 🐕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

Good to know

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

Best for

10 activities

Bird watching

Birds — Great White Egret, Cattle Egret, Yellowhammer +52 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Great White Egret, Cattle Egret, Yellowhammer +52 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Bramble, Bluebell, Dog's Mercury +40 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Glow-worm, Swollen-thighed Beetle, Polydrusus formosus +1 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Birds — Great White Egret, Cattle Egret, Yellowhammer +52 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Foraging

Plants — Bramble, Hazel, Hawthorn +6 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

5 signed routes nearby · 1 public path 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

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
Wiltshire CyclewayCycling route155 km
Named routeRef WCLength 155 kmRound tripRegional 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
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Horse riding

6 public paths nearby

Public paths
Ox Drovebyway open to all traffic · 600 m
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 600 mSurface dirtPath type: track
Ox Drovebyway open to all traffic · 922 m
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 922 mSurface dirtPath type: track

Wildlife to spot

Photos

During a shower by East Combe Wood

📷 Derek Harper · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

During a shower by East Combe Wood

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦Long barrow south-west of Vernditch ChaseHistoric site4.7 km→✦Iron Age and Romano-British settlement remains on Woodcutts Common, 850m south east and 845m SSE of Arundell CottagesHistoric site4.8 km→✦A cross-ridge dyke on South Down 500m north east of Chase BarnHistoric site400 m→✦Camp in Mistlebury WoodHistoric site2.6 km→✦Two sections of a linear earthwork north of West Woodyates Manor: part of the `Bokerley Line'Historic site3.6 km→✦Barrow on Fifield Down 700yds (640m) ESE of North BarnHistoric site3.7 km→

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