Round Coppice
Tree Planting in Hampshire at Round Coppice
IMPORTANT VISITOR INFO – Take only photos. Leave only footsteps.
To keep the woodland as natural as possible we don’t label individual trees and we ask that visitors do not place their own plaques, labels, flowers, etc in the woodland. Each tree we plant should be seen as part of a natural woodland.
Before visiting this woodland, please read our Frequently Asked Questions page, which gives you helpful tips about your tree and visitor guidance.
* THIS WOODLAND IS Full *
We’ve planted so many trees here that there isn’t any space to plant more.
For the nearest alternative woodlands take a look at the Woodlands Locations Map.
Round Coppice is a 16 acre ancient woodland, enclosed for at least 200 years, and containing a scattering of hazel coppice stools. Round Coppice has been designated as a "Site of Importance for Nature Conservation" (SINC) by Hampshire County Council.
The SINC also covers the meadow behind the Solent Hotel since it has never been chemically improved. This means they cannot build or plant on it and must only mow it once a year in late summer to protect its spectacular show of orchids and scabious. A family of roe deer can often be seen hiding somewhere amongst the trees.
Round Coppice is accessible from a layby off Whiteley Way opposite Parkway and from the estate off Marjoram Way. It has a circular walk with surface paths and benches. There is a circular trail that takes about 20 minutes to complete and is roughly ½ a mile long.
Since winter 2011 EFORESTS, with help of volunteers from BTCV Hampshire, planted 100 new Hazel trees at the site as well as several Hawthorn, Hazel and Oak trees.
The trees will be maintained by local conservation groups, including BTCV, with support from the land owner, Hampshire County Council.
In the past, Round Coppice would probably have been cut by the local farmer or even by roving woodsmen who would sometimes camp out in the woodland all winter. Sometimes they built temporary shacks to house their wives and families too!
Lots of local people also remember gypsies coming to cut hazel for clothes pegs and then hawking them around the houses in the neighbouring villages. To protect the wildlife of Round Coppice, Hampshire County Council’s Countryside Service has started coppicing again.
Since the woodlands have not been cut for such a long time, there are a lot more mature trees that need to be removed to open the woodland out and recreate the bushy coppice woodland structure.
We have seen the return of the Silver Washed Fritillary which had disappeared from Round Coppice. We have also seen an increase in woodland flowers such as violets, primroses and Solomon's seal.
Photo Gallery
Tree Species at Round Coppice
Since 2011 EFORESTS has worked with the land owners and local volunteers to plant 236 new native tree species.
The following tree species were planted on the site:
Address
Whiteley
Hampshire
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External links
http://www3.hants.gov.uk/countryside/whiteley-copses/round-coppice.htmEFORESTS is not responsible for the content on external websites.
IMPORTANT VISITOR INFO – Take only photos. Leave only footsteps.
To keep the woodland as natural as possible we don’t label individual trees and we ask that visitors do not place their own plaques, labels, flowers, etc in the woodland. Each tree we plant should be seen as part of a natural woodland.
Before visiting this woodland, please read our Frequently Asked Questions page, which gives you helpful tips about your tree and visitor guidance.
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