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Tadhill Copse

15 ha

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome15 ha

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51.21250, -2.45104

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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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

🌤️ 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
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Meadow Brown, Speckled Wood, Small Tortoiseshell +162 more · last seen 2024

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Dilated Scalewort, Even Scalewort, Pointed Spear-moss +139 more · last seen 2023; Plants — Dilated Scalewort, Even Scalewort, Pointed Spear-moss +139 more · last seen 2023

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds; Birds — Swift, Grey Wagtail, Swallow +5 more · last seen 2023

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby · 9 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Macmillan WayWalking route290 km

Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route

East Mendip WayWalking route

Named routeRef EMWRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 24Cycling route

Named routeRef 24National Cycle Network

Colliers WayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

N/ACycling route65 m

Named routeLength 65 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route6.2 km

Named routeRef 24Length 6.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

🐴

Horse riding

2 public paths nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

8,305 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

8,305 records · National Biodiversity Network

🌿

Plants156 species

summer

2025

Common Nettle · Creeping Buttercup · Cleavers · Marsh Thistle · Yorkshire-fog +151

Common NettleUrtica dioica
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
CleaversGalium aparine
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
HazelCorylus avellana
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Wych ElmUlmus glabra
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
Field MapleAcer campestre
DandelionTaraxacum
BrambleRubus
AshFraxinus excelsior
DaisyBellis perennis
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Intermediate PolypodyPolypodium interjectum
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
Dog-roseRosa canina
Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana
Common BentAgrostis capillaris
Red CampionSilene dioica
HollyIlex aquifolium
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
BetonyBetonica officinalis
NipplewortLapsana communis
Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
TormentilPotentilla erecta
Rusty-Back FernAsplenium ceterach
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis
Sow ThistleSonchus
ElmUlmus
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
Bent GrassAgrostis
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
AppleMalus
DogwoodCornus sanguinea
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
Common CouchElymus repens
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Silver BirchBetula pendula
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Wayfaring-treeViburnum lantana
Bitter-CressCardamine
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
Small-leaved LimeTilia cordata
Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus
Square-stalked St John's-wortHypericum tetrapterum
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
Short-fruited WillowherbEpilobium obscurum
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa
Wild ThymeThymus drucei
Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum
Water-pepperPersicaria hydropiper
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
Common SedgeCarex nigra
Goldilocks ButtercupRanunculus auricomus
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Toad RushJuncus bufonius
Wild CarrotDaucus carota subsp. carota
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
Solomon's-sealPolygonatum multiflorum
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana
RamsonsAllium ursinum
Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis
Tufted VetchVicia cracca
BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga
Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum
Yellow CorydalisPseudofumaria lutea
Rusty WillowSalix cinerea subsp. oleifolia
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Buckler-FernDryopteris affinis subsp. affinis
Greater Western Scaly Male FernDryopteris affinis subsp. paleaceolobata
MontbretiaCrocosmia aurea x pottsii = C. x crocosmiiflora
RaspberryRubus idaeus
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
AlderAlnus glutinosa
Bush VetchVicia sepium
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris
Spear MintMentha spicata
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Hedge BedstrawGalium album
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. montanumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. montanum
Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
SilverweedPotentilla anserina
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Plicate Sweet-grassGlyceria notata
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Black BryonyTamus communis
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
Sweet VioletViola odorata
Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris
Beaked Hawk's-beardCrepis vesicaria
White StonecropSedum album
White WillowSalix alba
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Common ReedPhragmites australis
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
Hard Shield-fernPolystichum aculeatum
Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii
Hairy SedgeCarex hirta
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium
Remote SedgeCarex remota
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis
TansyTanacetum vulgare
Grey SedgeCarex divulsa subsp. divulsa

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

8,305 records · National Biodiversity Network

🌿

Plants156 species

summer

2025

Common Nettle · Creeping Buttercup · Cleavers · Marsh Thistle · Yorkshire-fog +151

Common NettleUrtica dioica
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
CleaversGalium aparine
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
HazelCorylus avellana
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Wych ElmUlmus glabra
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
Field MapleAcer campestre
DandelionTaraxacum
BrambleRubus
AshFraxinus excelsior
DaisyBellis perennis
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Intermediate PolypodyPolypodium interjectum
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
Dog-roseRosa canina
Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana
Common BentAgrostis capillaris
Red CampionSilene dioica
HollyIlex aquifolium
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
BetonyBetonica officinalis
NipplewortLapsana communis
Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
TormentilPotentilla erecta
Rusty-Back FernAsplenium ceterach
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis
Sow ThistleSonchus
ElmUlmus
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
Bent GrassAgrostis
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
AppleMalus
DogwoodCornus sanguinea
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
Common CouchElymus repens
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Silver BirchBetula pendula
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Wayfaring-treeViburnum lantana
Bitter-CressCardamine
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
Small-leaved LimeTilia cordata
Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus
Square-stalked St John's-wortHypericum tetrapterum
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
Short-fruited WillowherbEpilobium obscurum
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa
Wild ThymeThymus drucei
Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum
Water-pepperPersicaria hydropiper
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
Common SedgeCarex nigra
Goldilocks ButtercupRanunculus auricomus
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Toad RushJuncus bufonius
Wild CarrotDaucus carota subsp. carota
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
Solomon's-sealPolygonatum multiflorum
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana
RamsonsAllium ursinum
Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis
Tufted VetchVicia cracca
BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga
Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum
Yellow CorydalisPseudofumaria lutea
Rusty WillowSalix cinerea subsp. oleifolia
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Buckler-FernDryopteris affinis subsp. affinis
Greater Western Scaly Male FernDryopteris affinis subsp. paleaceolobata
MontbretiaCrocosmia aurea x pottsii = C. x crocosmiiflora
RaspberryRubus idaeus
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
AlderAlnus glutinosa
Bush VetchVicia sepium
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris
Spear MintMentha spicata
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Hedge BedstrawGalium album
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. montanumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. montanum
Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
SilverweedPotentilla anserina
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Plicate Sweet-grassGlyceria notata
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Black BryonyTamus communis
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
Sweet VioletViola odorata
Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris
Beaked Hawk's-beardCrepis vesicaria
White StonecropSedum album
White WillowSalix alba
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Common ReedPhragmites australis
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
Hard Shield-fernPolystichum aculeatum
Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii
Hairy SedgeCarex hirta
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium
Remote SedgeCarex remota
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis
TansyTanacetum vulgare
Grey SedgeCarex divulsa subsp. divulsa

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

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