Archaeological sites · London
Piney Copse
Piney Copse — woodland in Surrey, England.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 45 min–1.5 h
- Nearest railway station
- Gomshall · 0.5 km
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Piney Copse is an archaeological site in the United Kingdom. Wikidata describes it as: "woodland in Surrey, England". Coordinates: 51.2195°, -0.4347°.
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Protected designations
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Surrey Hills
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Piney Copse is 1.7 hectares (4.2 acres) of woodland located approximately 450 metres (1,480 ft) east of Gomshall railway station and north of the Surrey village of Abinger Hammer. The copse is bisected by a public footpath. It was once owned by E. M. Forster, who used to live nearby and purchased the wood using funds from book sales - principally from A Passage to India - in order to prevent it from being developed into housing. When Forster died in 1970, he transferred ownership of the land in his will to the National Trust. In 1926 Forster wrote a short essay about Piney Copse in "Abinger Harvest", entitled "My Wood". The woodland is a secondary woodland comprising oaks, sweet chestnuts, and beech trees. The soil is freely draining, highly acidic, and loamy/sandy, sitting just south of a band of very chalky soils.
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- Coordinates
- 51.2195, -0.4347
- County
- Surrey
- District
- Guildford
- Parish
- Shere
- Postcode
- RH5 6SD
- Parliamentary constituency
- Godalming and Ash
- Nearest railway station
- Gomshall — 0.5 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q24988372 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Piney Copse (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Piney Copse - geograph.org.uk - 668329.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Piney Copse?
- Piney Copse is in Surrey, London, United Kingdom (postcode RH5 6SD), in the parish of Shere.
- Who owns Piney Copse?
- Piney Copse is owned by | website =.
- Is Piney Copse a protected site?
- Yes — Piney Copse is part of the Surrey Hills National Landscape (AONB).
- How do I get to Piney Copse?
- The nearest railway station is Gomshall, about 0.5 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode RH5 6SD.