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Redding Coppice

✦ Ancient woodland22 ha

📷 Philip Halling · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

WildlifeBirdsSeasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome22 ha

Getting here

52.04573, -2.52293

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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
  • 🌿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

8 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Woodpigeon +72 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Woodpigeon +72 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Creeping Feather-moss, Hogweed, Traveller's-joy +123 more · last seen 2024

Free

Foraging

Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants; Plants — Hogweed, Great Scented Liverwort, White Dead-nettle +14 more foraging species

Varies

Insect spotting

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Dock Bug, Dark Bush-cricket +71 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Dock Bug, Dark Bush-cricket +71 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

9 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Poets' Path No 2Walking route8 km
Named routeRef PP2Length 8 kmLocal walking route
Woolhope Circular WalkWalking route6.5 km
Named routeLength 6.5 kmLocal walking route
Three Choirs Way (Kilcot to Woolhope)Walking route

A route between Gloucester, Hereford and Worcester with a theme linked to the music festival celebrated annually in the three Cathedrals.

Named routeRegional walking route
Three Choirs Way (Woolhope to Withington)Walking route

A route between Gloucester, Hereford and Worcester with a theme linked to the music festival celebrated annually in the three Cathedrals.

Named routeRegional walking route
Wye Valley WalkWalking route218 km
Named routeRef WVWLength 218 kmRegional walking route
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Cycling

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
National Byway (Ledbury Loop)Cycling route
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
National Byway (Ledbury area)Cycling route

National Byway in the Ledbury area

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Route 46Cycling route
Named routeRef 46National Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Mains Wood, Putley

📷 Philip Halling · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Mains Wood, Putley

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✦STOKE EDITHHistoric site4.1 km→🦉BROADMOOR COMMONNature reserve4.7 km→✦Ashperton CastleHistoric site2.8 km→🌱The GreenUrban park3.1 km→✦Putley churchyard crossHistoric site1.2 km→🌱Woolhope Village GreenUrban park4.3 km→

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