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Longclose Copse

6 ha

📷 Derek Harper · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

WildlifeBirdsFungi
Free entryDogs welcome6 ha

Getting here

50.92058, -4.22248

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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
  • 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
  • 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Birds — House Sparrow, Swallow, Carrion Crow +66 more · last seen 2025; Birds — House Sparrow, Swallow, Carrion Crow +66 more · last seen 2025

Free

Mushroom foraging

Fungi — Coniocarpon cinnabarinum, Enterographa crassa, Lepraria incana s. lat. +34 more · last seen 2014; Fungi — Coniocarpon cinnabarinum, Enterographa crassa, Lepraria incana s. lat. +34 more · last seen 2014

Varies

Foraging

Plants — Pedunculate Oak, Beech, Common Nettle +23 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Plants — Field-rose, Intermediate Polypody, Pedunculate Oak +227 more · last seen 2011; Plants — Field-rose, Intermediate Polypody, Pedunculate Oak +227 more · last seen 2011

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Small White, Meadow Brown, Brimstone +18 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Small White, Meadow Brown, Brimstone +18 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Tarka TrailWalking route
Named routeRef TTRegional walking route
Great Torrington CircularWalking route
Named routeRef GTC
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Cycling

14 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Route 3Cycling route527.7 km
Named routeRef 3Length 527.7 kmNational Cycle Network
Route 27Cycling route
Named routeRef 27National Cycle Network
Tarka TrailCycling route
Named routeRegional cycle route
EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route
Named routeRef EV1International cycle route
Main RouteCycling route1.3 km
Named routeRef 3Length 1.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route1.2 km
Named routeRef 3Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Valley north of Langtree

📷 Derek Harper · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Valley north of Langtree

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

⛪Langtree Methodist ChurchReligious grounds1.1 km→⛪All Saints ChurchReligious grounds1.3 km→⛪Thornhillhead Methodist ChurchReligious grounds2.6 km→✦Churchyard cross pedestal at Langtree, 11m south east of the churchHistoric site1.3 km→⛪Old Methodist ChapelReligious grounds3.2 km→⛪Rowden Methodist ChurchReligious grounds3.7 km→

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