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Widley Copse

✦ Ancient woodland38 ha

📷 Brian Robert Marshall · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Plan your visit

WildlifeSeasonalForaging
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome38 ha

Getting here

51.82612, -1.60279

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
  • 🌿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

Seasonal nature

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Cock's-foot, Yorkshire-fog, Creeping Buttercup +148 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Plants — Hawthorn, Common Nettle, Bramble +14 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Bird watching

Birds — Skylark, Rook, Carrion Crow +38 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Skylark, Rook, Carrion Crow +38 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Orange-tip, Meadow Brown, Small White +31 more · last seen 2023; Insects — Orange-tip, Meadow Brown, Small White +31 more · last seen 2023

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

6 signed routes nearby · 9 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Oxfordshire WayWalking route110 km

a traverse of Oxfordshire from the Cotswolds to the Chilterns

Named routeRef OWLength 110 kmRegional walking route
Wychwood WayWalking route59.5 km
Named routeLength 59.5 kmRegional walking route
D'Arcy Dalton WayWalking route107 km

Follows roughly the western boundary of Oxfordshire in unspoilt countryside.

Named routeLength 107 kmRegional walking route
The Roman WayWalking route274.5 km
Named routeLength 274.5 kmRegional walking route
European walking route E2 west, UK, South East EnglandWalking route

Westroute: Stranraer (UK) - Birminhgham (UK) - Calais (FR) - Zoersel (BE) / Eastroute: Stranraer (UK) - Harwich (UK) - Rotterdam (NL) - Zoersel (BE) / Both Routes: Zoersel (BE) - Maastrich (NL) - Luxembourg (LUX) - Lake Geneva (CH) - Nice (FR)

Named routeRef E2International walking route
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Cycling

23 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 57Cycling route
Named routeRef 57National Cycle Network
National Byway (Oxon and Glos)Cycling route
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Alternative RouteCycling route524 m
Named routeRef 57Length 524 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.1 km
Named routeRef 57Length 2.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route36 m
Named routeRef 57Length 36 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route274 m
Named routeRef 57Length 274 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Widley Copse, Capp's Lodge, Fulbrook

📷 Brian Robert Marshall · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Widley Copse, Capp's Lodge, Fulbrook

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

⛪St John the Baptist's ChurchReligious grounds2.8 km→🌱Milton Village GreenUrban park4.2 km→✦Asthall BarrowHistoric site4.4 km→✦Asthall Barrow: an Anglo-Saxon burial mound 100m SSW of Barrow FarmHistoric site4.4 km→🌱The Wild GardenUrban park3.3 km→⛪St Mary's ChurchReligious grounds3.8 km→

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