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Wraxall Woods

✦ Ancient woodland17 ha

📷 Robin Webster · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome17 ha

Getting here

50.80480, -2.62218

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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
  • ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
  • 🐕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
Walking trails

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Pheasant, Robin, Blackbird +50 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Pheasant, Robin, Blackbird +50 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Ichneumon oblongus, Roesel's Bush-cricket, Beautiful Demoiselle +29 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Ichneumon oblongus, Roesel's Bush-cricket, Beautiful Demoiselle +29 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Free

Forest walks

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Macmillan WayWalking route290 km
Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route
Frome Valley WayWalking route
Named routeLocal walking route
Wessex RidgewayWalking route
Named routeRef WRRegional walking route
Jubilee Trail (Dorset)Walking route
Named routeRegional walking route
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Cycling

24 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Route 26Cycling route
Named routeRef 26National Cycle Network
Frome Valley Cycle TrailCycling route

Dorset trail

Named routeRef FVTLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route38 m
Named routeRef 26Length 38 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface rocky
Main RouteCycling route1.3 km
Named routeRef 26Length 1.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route402 m
Named routeRef 26Length 402 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route456 m
Named routeRef 26Length 456 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
Wessex Ridgeway TrailMountain bike route
Named routeListed length 207km

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Lane through Wraxall Woods

📷 Robin Webster · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Lane through Wraxall Woods

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦CHANTMARLEHistoric site3 km→✦Field system and enclosures on Middle HillHistoric site3.8 km→✦Park pale in Rampisham parkHistoric site1.5 km→⛪St Osmund's ChurchReligious grounds3.9 km→✦Bowl barrow 850m north west of Barrowland FarmHistoric site4.4 km→⛪St Peter's ChurchReligious grounds2.8 km→

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