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Roden Coppice - Mixed woodland

✦ Ancient woodland1 ha

📷 Richard Park · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome1 ha

Getting here

52.73595, -2.63237

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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
  • 🐴Horse riding listed as facility — is at its best in summer
  • 🐕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
  • 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Horse ridingWalking trails

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland

Free

Bird watching

Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds

Free

Horse riding

Horse riding listed as facility

Varies

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Heritage

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Free

Forest walks

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
🚶

Walking

16 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Shropshire Way - stage 10Walking route18.1 km
Named routeRef ShW10Length 18.1 kmLocal walking route
River Reflections Walk, Attingham ParkWalking route1.6 km

River Tern, Water Meadow, Man-Made Lake, Two Bridges. Dogs leashed for majority of the walk, with a section for off lead walking in the north: https://nt.global.ssl.fastly.net/binaries/content/assets/website/national/regions/shropshire-staffordshire/place

Named routeLength 1.6 kmDuration 01:00-01:30Round tripLocal walking route
Food and Fungi Walk, Attingham ParkWalking route1.6 km

Walled Garden, Apple Orchard, Woodland, Fungi, Exotic Fruit

Named routeLength 1.6 kmDuration 00:30-01:00Round tripLocal walking route
Shropshire Way - stage 11Walking route18.6 km
Named routeRef ShW11Length 18.6 kmLocal walking route
Severn Way (2) Shrewsbury to WorcesterWalking route93 km
Named routeRef SW (2)Length 93 kmRegional walking route
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Cycling

18 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Mercian WayCycling route
Named routeRef 45National Cycle Network
Around the WrekinCycling route

Part of Telford Strategic Cycle Routes

Named routeLocal cycle route
National Byway (Shropshire)Cycling route

National Byway route in Shropshire

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Route 81Cycling route
Named routeRef 81National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route22 m
Named routeRef 45Length 22 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route14 m
Named routeRef 45Length 14 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Oil seed rape field & may blossom south of Roden, Shropshire

📷 Richard Park · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Oil seed rape field & may blossom south of Roden, Shropshire

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦Slight univallate hillfort and a World War II vehicle testing station on the summit of Ebury Hill, 550m west of Haughton FarmHistoric site2.9 km→✦Haughmond Abbey: an Augustinian monastery on the site of an earlier religious foundation, a post-Dissolution residence and garden remainsHistoric site3.2 km→🌱Allscott ParkUrban park4.5 km→✦Haughmond AbbeyHistoric site3.3 km→⛪St Lucia ChurchReligious grounds3.7 km→✦Site discovered by aerial photographyHistoric site4.6 km→

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