Higher Long Hay Coppice
✦ Ancient woodland119 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome119 ha
Getting here
50.76810, -2.65566
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
- 🅿️Powerstock Common 300m away — 6 car parks within reach
🌤️ 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
- 🅿️Powerstock Common 300m away — 6 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
- 🌳Large woodland — room to roam
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds; Birds — Pheasant, Woodpigeon, Robin +14 more · last seen 2025
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Macmillan WayWalking route290 km▾
Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route
Frome Valley WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Wessex RidgewayWalking route▾
Named routeRef WRRegional walking route
Jubilee Trail (Dorset)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
12 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 26Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 26National Cycle Network
Route 2Cycling route▾
National Cycle Route 2 Christchurch to Axminster
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
Frome Valley Cycle TrailCycling route▾
Dorset trail
Named routeRef FVTLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route1.3 km▾
Named routeRef 26Length 1.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route456 m▾
Named routeRef 26Length 456 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route977 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 977 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Wessex Ridgeway TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeListed length 207km
20 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
Bridleway through coppice woodland at Powerstock Common
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Wildlife to spot
40,638 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
40,638 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPheasant · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Robin · Song Thrush +11
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Grey Squirrel · Fallow Deer · Roe Deer · Muntjac · Red Fox +5
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- BadgerMeles meles
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
🐸Amphibians2 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog · Palmate Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
40,638 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPheasant · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Robin · Song Thrush +11
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Grey Squirrel · Fallow Deer · Roe Deer · Muntjac · Red Fox +5
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- BadgerMeles meles
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
🐸Amphibians2 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog · Palmate Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Red Deer
Red Deer
Cervus elaphus
Cervus elaphus
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