Oxmoor Copse is just south of the village of
Abinger Hammer and to the west of the village of
Abinger Common
Abinger is a large, well-wooded and mostly rural civil parish that lies between the settlements of Dorking, Shere and Ewhurst in the district of Mole Valley, Surrey, England.
It adjoins Wotton Common on the same side of Leith Hill and incl ...
, in
Surrey
Surrey () is a ceremonial county, ceremonial and non-metropolitan county, non-metropolitan counties of England, county in South East England, bordering Greater London to the south west. Surrey has a large rural area, and several significant ur ...
. It is and is in an
AONB
An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB; , AHNE) is an area of rural area, countryside in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, that has been designated for protected area, conservation due to its significant landscape value. Areas are desig ...
lying within the
Surrey Hills. The previous owners gave the copse to the
Woodland Trust
The Woodland Trust is the largest woodland conservation charity in the United Kingdom and is concerned with the creation, protection, and restoration of native woodland heritage. It has planted over 50 million trees since 1972.
The Woodland Tr ...
as a gift.
The copse lies on
Greensand and the soil is acidic. The main trees are mature
oaks and
hazel
The hazel (''Corylus'') is a genus of deciduous trees and large shrubs native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere. The genus is usually placed in the birch family Betulaceae,Germplasmgobills Information Network''Corylus''Rushforth, K. (1999). ...
; there are also
bluebells. A considerable number of trees were blown down in the
1987 storm. Replanting took place in 1991.
Arable and
pastoral
A pastoral lifestyle is that of shepherds herding livestock around open areas of land according to seasons and the changing availability of water and pasture. It lends its name to a genre of literature, art, and music (pastorale) that depict ...
land surrounds the copse. On the fringes of the copse there is a considerable amount of
Common Cudweed but generally the copse is species poor.
Surrey Flora
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The grid reference is TQ 090 467
References
External links
Mole Valley District Council
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Woodland Trust
Nature reserves in Surrey
Forests and woodlands of Surrey