Footpath from Blackmoor Copse to Farley - geograph

Blackmoor Copse () is a woodland in southeast Wiltshire, England, managed as a nature reserve by the

Wiltshire Wildlife Trust Wiltshire Wildlife Trust is a conservation charity based in Devizes, England which owns and manages 40 nature reserves in Wiltshire and Swindon. It also works to encourage Wiltshire's communities to live sustainable lifestyles that protect the e ...

. The copse lies within

Pitton and Farley Pitton is a village in Wiltshire, England, about east of Salisbury, just off the A30 London Road. History A Roman road (now a bridleway) forms the northern boundary of the parish and is a scheduled monument. Local government The civil paris ...

parish, about east of

Salisbury Salisbury ( ) is a cathedral city in Wiltshire, England with a population of 41,820, at the confluence of the rivers Avon, Nadder and Bourne. The city is approximately from Southampton and from Bath. Salisbury is in the southeast of Wil ...

. A area of the wood was notified as a

biological Site of Special Scientific Interest A Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Great Britain or an Area of Special Scientific Interest (ASSI) in the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom and Isle of ...

in 1971. The site is adjacent to another, larger, woodland SSSI,

Bentley Wood Bentley Wood (), together with the adjacent Blackmoor Copse, form one of the largest contiguous areas of woodland in Wiltshire, England. The wood is about east of Salisbury, north of the village of West Dean, and is largely within West Dean par ...

References

External links

Natural England website
(SSSI information)

SSSI boundary at the DEFRA Magic Maps website
Forests and woodlands of Wiltshire Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire Sites of Special Scientific Interest notified in 1971 Wiltshire Wildlife Trust reserves {{Wiltshire-geo-stub