Plan your visit
Getting here
51.11961, -3.16529
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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
- 🅿️Parking on site — 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
- 🅿️Parking on site — 2 car parks within reach
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Best for
Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mallard, Great Crested Grebe, Tufted Duck +73 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Mallard, Great Crested Grebe, Tufted Duck +73 more · last seen 2025
Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — American Skunk-cabbage · last seen 2023
Dog walks
Strong match
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Anoplotrupes stercorosus, Alder Leaf Beetle, Meadow Grasshopper +34 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Anoplotrupes stercorosus, Alder Leaf Beetle, Meadow Grasshopper +34 more · last seen 2025
Foraging
Good match
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km🚶Walking
4 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Walking
Castles & Coast WayWalking route21 km
Quantock GreenwayWalking route62.5 km
West Deane WayWalking route
Coleridge WayWalking route82 km
🐴Horse riding
13 public paths nearby
Public paths
Horse riding
Cockercombe Bottombridleway · 2.3 km
Keeper's Combebridleway · 181 m
Durborough Lanerestricted byway · 113 m
Keeper's Combebridleway · 642 m
Wildlife to spot
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