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Ball Copse - Woodland plantation

15 ha

📷 N Chadwick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome15 ha

Getting here

51.26837, -2.97330

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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
  • 🥾Walking is best here in early morning in summer — quiet trails and good light before the heat
  • 🐕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

Best for

4 activities

Bird watching

Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl

Free

Wildlife

Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh priority habitat

Free

Waterside walks

Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking

Varies

Forest walks

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
West Mendip WayWalking route48 km
Named routeRef WMWLength 48 kmRegional walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Aust to Brean DownWalking route
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
The Butcombe TrailWalking route74 km
Named routeRef BUTLength 74 kmRegional walking route
The Mendip TrailWalking route
Named routeRef MTRegional walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Brean Down to MineheadWalking route
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
🚴

Cycling

20 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 33 (Alt)Cycling route
Named routeRef 33 (Alt)National Cycle Network
Route 33Cycling route
Named routeRef 33National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route118 m
Named routeRef 33Length 118 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
Main RouteCycling route7.4 km
Named routeRef 33Length 7.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface other
Main RouteCycling route145 m
Named routeRef 33Length 145 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface other
Main RouteCycling route607 m
Named routeRef 33Length 607 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
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Horse riding

1 public path nearby

Public paths
Middle Streetbridleway · 504 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 504 mPath type: track

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Line of trees

📷 N Chadwick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Line of trees

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱Village GreenUrban park2.3 km→🌱Manor GardensUrban park3.5 km→🌱Manor GardensUrban park3.5 km→🐄Farm ShopVisitor farm3.8 km→🌱Winchester ParkUrban park3.2 km→🌱Frank Foley ParkUrban park4.2 km→

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