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Old Lodge Copse

✦ Ancient woodland60 ha

📷 Jonathan Billinger · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

WildlifeBirdsSeasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome60 ha

Getting here

51.00054, -1.92111

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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
  • 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Best for

10 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Woodpigeon, Peregrine, Corn Bunting +57 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Peregrine, Corn Bunting +57 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Lizard Orchid, Sharp-leaved Fluellen, Dwarf Spurge +62 more · last seen 2025

Free

Mushroom foraging

Fungi — Glistening Inkcap, Velvet Rollrim, Common Puffball +84 more · last seen 2019; Fungi — Glistening Inkcap, Velvet Rollrim, Common Puffball +84 more · last seen 2019

Varies

Foraging

Fungi — Madarch y Maes, Slender Parasol, Pleated Inkcap +14 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

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Insect spotting

Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Common Blue, Meadow Brown, Small White +137 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 12 public paths 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
Jubilee Trail (Dorset)Walking route
Named routeRegional walking route
The Hardy WayWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
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Cycling

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Wiltshire CyclewayCycling route155 km
Named routeRef WCLength 155 kmRound tripRegional cycle route
National BywayCycling route
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
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Mountain biking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Fordingbridge Off Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route
Named route
Fordingbridge Off Road Cycle Trail (Shortcut)Mountain bike route
Named route
Cranborne Droves Way TrailMountain bike route
Named route
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Horse riding

10 public paths nearby

Public paths
Ox Drovebyway open to all traffic · 2.3 km
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 2.3 kmSurface dirtPath type: track

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Track crossroads

📷 Jonathan Billinger · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Track crossroads

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦Two linear earthworks, two barrows and Iron Age and Romano-British settlements on Tidpit Common DownHistoric site4.4 km→✦Knighton Roman road (stretching from Reddish Gore to reservoir)Historic site1 km→✦Grim's Ditch: Old Lodge Copse to Toyd ClumpHistoric site1.6 km→✦Earthworks S of Knighton Hill BuildingsHistoric site1.6 km→✦Long barrow south-west of Vernditch ChaseHistoric site2.8 km→✦Bokerley Dyke, and a section of Grim's Ditch, a section of a medieval boundary bank, and two bowl barrows on and north west of Martin DownHistoric site3.8 km→

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