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Tailmoor Coppice

✦ Ancient woodland34 ha

📷 Roger Cornfoot · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Plan your visit

WildlifeBirdsSeasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome34 ha

Getting here

50.73048, -3.19846

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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

9 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Blackbird, Blue Tit, Great Tit +55 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blackbird, Blue Tit, Great Tit +55 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Bluebell, Himalayan Balsam, Sweet Vernal-grass +139 more · last seen 2022

Free

Foraging

Plants — Pedunculate Oak, Barren Strawberry, Hazel +17 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Insect spotting

Lowland meadows — marbled white, meadow brown and pollinating insects; Insects — Meadow Grasshopper, Green-veined White, Chrysotoxum bicinctum +124 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
🚶

Walking

6 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
East Devon WayWalking route
Named routeRef EDWListed length 61kmRegional walking route
Coleridge LinkWalking route14.5 km

A circular route in the Otter Valley.

Named routeRef COLLength 14.5 kmLocal walking route
South West Coast Path (Section 45: Sidmouth to Seaton)Walking route
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
Orange WayWalking route560 km
Named routeRef ORWLength 560 kmRegional walking route
Exeter to Honiton WayWalking route
Named routeRef EXHONRegional walking route
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Cycling

10 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Route 248Cycling route
Named routeRef 248National Cycle Network
National Cycle Route 2 Axminster to DawlishCycling route
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route212 m
Named routeRef 2Length 212 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.6 km
Named routeRef 248Length 1.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface bareearth
Main RouteCycling route203 m
Named routeRef 2Length 203 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
Main RouteCycling route2.9 km
Named routeRef 2Length 2.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Horse riding

12 public paths nearby

Public paths
Starcombe Lanebridleway · 533 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 533 mPath type: service

Wildlife to spot

Photos

View towards Sandcombe Wood

📷 Roger Cornfoot · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

View towards Sandcombe Wood

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Nearby places

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🐄The Donkey SanctuaryVisitor farm4 km→🦉KNAPP COPSENature reserve2.2 km→🌱Deepway Millennium GreenUrban park2.2 km→🏞️FARWAYCountry park3.4 km→✦Sidford packhorse bridge, Church StreetHistoric site3.5 km→🦉FIRE BEACON HILLNature reserve4.8 km→

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