Pamber Forest and Upper Inhams Copse Nature Reserve

Pamber Forest © Mark Emery

Pamber Forest © Mark Emery

Pamber Forest and Upper Inhams Copse Nature Reserve

A beautiful ancient woodland bursting with wildlife. From the tallest oak to the delicate primrose, the wildlife is ever-changing with the seasons.

Location

Impstone, Pamber Heath
Tadley
Hampshire
RG26 3EQ

OS Map Reference

SU616621
A static map of Pamber Forest and Upper Inhams Copse Nature Reserve

Know before you go

Size
214 hectares
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Entry fee

Donations welcome
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Parking information

Parking is available on Impstone Road where the road bears right - parking area on gravel to the left
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Grazing animals

Our sites are grazed all year by livestock. Please follow the signage on site.
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Walking trails

There are many tracks and paths. Some can get muddy in spring and winter.

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Access

Please contact the Trust for disabled access information.

Car: from Basingstoke take the A340 to Tadley then at the first roundabout turn right. At a T junction turn right into Pamber Heath, after about 500m turn right into Impstone Road and just as the road veers right park in the gravely area on the left.

Bus: From Basingtoke take the bus, Jazz 2, get off just before you reach Tadley at Skates Lane. At the Tadley 30mph sign you will find a track leading onto the reserve

Dogs

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When to visit

Opening times

All times

Best time to visit

Visit in spring to hear the song of spring migrants such as blackcaps and garden warblers while you delight in the spring flush of wild flowers

About the reserve

Pamber Forest comes alive in spring, with the melodious song of blackcaps and garden warblers overhead and carpets of flowers emerging from the forest floor, including daffodils, primroses and wood anemones. Also keep a look out for butterflies, bees, woodpeckers and deer – you may be lucky to enough to spot a fawn in late spring.

In the summer, cool off in the shady wet woodland of Upper Inhams Copse before emerging into open pasture where butterflies and dragonflies gather along the stream.

Our two-mile waymarked trail is the best way to plan your first visit and takes in the forest’s very best viewpoints. 

See if you can find your way to the ‘Donkey Tree’ – one of Pamber’s oldest trees at over 300 years old! It’s not the tallest but it is the widest. How many members of your family will you need to wrap your arms around its trunk?

Some paths can be muddy and unsuitable for pushchairs. Bring your wellies just in case!

Upper Inhams Copse to the east of Pamber Forest was bought by the Trust in 2001, following a gift in the Will of Gwen Talmey. Gwen made the donation in memory of her parents, Samuel Jesse Coakes and Elizabeth Verina Coakes.

Download the trail guide

Contact us

Graham Dennis
Contact number: 07770 891126

Location map