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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome50 ha
Getting here
50.94090, -3.05378
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
- 🅿️Staple Hill Car Park 499m away — 2 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
- 🅿️Staple Hill Car Park 499m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Wren, Robin, Blackbird +48 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Wren, Robin, Blackbird +48 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland meadows — marbled white, meadow brown and pollinating insects; Insects — Meadow Brown, Ringlet, Gatekeeper +25 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 17 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Channel to ChannelWalking route▾
Named routeRef CCRegional walking route
Herepath Trail - Castle NerocheWalking route▾
Named routeRef HTnLocal walking route
Herepath Trail - ThurlbearWalking route▾
Named routeRef HTbLocal walking route
Staple Fitzpaine HerepathWalking route▾
Named routeRef SFHLocal walking route
East Deane WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef EDWRegional walking route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 33Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 33National Cycle Network
Alternative RouteCycling route15.6 km▾
Named routeRef 33Length 15.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
18 public paths nearby
Public paths
Green Lanebridleway · 607 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 607 mSurface dirtPath type: track
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Wildlife to spot
23,151 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
23,151 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Wren · Woodpigeon · Coal Tit · Robin · Carrion Crow +26
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Meadow Grasshopper · Hairy Shieldbug
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Star Sedge · Eyebright · Broad Buckler-fern · Common Nettle · Beech +121
- Star SedgeCarex echinata
- EyebrightEuphrasia
- Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- BeechFagus sylvatica
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
23,151 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Wren · Woodpigeon · Coal Tit · Robin · Carrion Crow +26
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Meadow Grasshopper · Hairy Shieldbug
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Star Sedge · Eyebright · Broad Buckler-fern · Common Nettle · Beech +121
- Star SedgeCarex echinata
- EyebrightEuphrasia
- Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- BeechFagus sylvatica
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
