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The Three Cornered Copse is a large triangle of public land which runs from
Goldstone Crescent, Hove, up between Woodland Drive and Woodland Avenue
to the top of the hill where it opens out to edge the top of Dyke Road
Avenue, it also has a shorter edge along the top of Snakey Hill. The
copse consists of an area of eleven acres (3.8 hectares), this is
mostly mixed woodland but approximately 3 acres is not wooded, this is
the mown grass slope in the middle of the copse and the grassland at
the top adjoining Snakey Hill and Dyke Road Avenue.
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Pictures thanks to David Jennings
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It is the
largest woodland in Hove and is well loved by dog walkers,
cyclists, ramblers and children. In the winter when it snows it becomes
a magnet for children, and adults, on their sledges, snow boarders and
even the occasional skier. The copse is also a haven for wildlife,
there are a number of badger sets, though most of these are now
deserted, many, many rabbits, foxes and smaller mammals such as field
mice. It is also home to many birds from the robin, wren, blackbird and
sparrow to the less common jay, woodpecker and sparrow hawk.
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