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Popple Light Copse

✦ Ancient woodland103 ha

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WildlifeSeasonalInsects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome103 ha

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
  • 🌿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
  • 🌳Large woodland — room to roam

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Seasonal nature

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Bluebell, Elder, Jacobaea +132 more · last seen 2024

Free

Insect spotting

Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Large White, Glow-worm, Small White +71 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Plants — Elder, Blackthorn, Hogweed +12 more foraging species; Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants

Varies

Bird watching

Birds — Barn Owl, Hobby, Stone-curlew +43 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Barn Owl, Hobby, Stone-curlew +43 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby · 11 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Monarch's WayWalking route990 km

approximate route of Charles II's escape

Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route
Clarendon WayWalking route

Winchester to Salisbury

Named routeRegional walking route
🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
National BywayCycling route
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
🚵

Mountain biking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Danebury Off-Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route

A strenuous 24 miles that takes in some of Hampshire’s finest scenery. This cycle route joins easy sections of the Test Way with the steeper gradients of the Broughton Downs.

Named routeListed length 24 miHampshire off Road cycle trails
King Alfred's WayMountain bike route

King Alfreds Way is 350km (220 miles) off road route designed to be ridden clockwise. It starts & ends in Winchester. It is suitable for gravel or cross-country bikes.

Named routeRegional cycle route
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Horse riding

6 public paths nearby

Public paths
Easton Common Hillbyway open to all traffic · 574 m
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 574 mSurface dirtPath type: track
Red Lanebyway open to all traffic · 1.2 km
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 1.2 kmSurface dirtPath type: track
Roman Road (Venta-Sorviodunum)byway open to all traffic · 1.1 km
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 1.1 kmSurface gravelPath type: track

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Footpath on track beside Ashley's Copse

Footpath on track beside Ashley's Copse

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