Fareham East District Scouts

EVERETT’S COPPICE
(A SITE OF SPECIAL SCIENTIFIC INTEREST)(SSSI)
RULES and INFORMATION – FEBRUARY 2002 (amended April 2011)

1. The Coppice is restricted to members of Fareham East and West Scout Districts. Requests for use by local Guides Association are to be made to a Booking Secretary or the Management Committee, for permission at their discretion.
2. Keep within the fences.
3. Do not cut live trees.
4. Use axes, knives and saws only on felled dead wood and under the strict supervision of an adult leader.
5. Open fires are restricted to the two designated hearth areas. An exception can be made for small backwoods cooking fires but these must be closely supervised. Do not leave fires unattended; ensure they are put out before leaving. Backwoods fire areas are to be cleared away before leaving. Due to the nature of the ground in the coppice fire pits are not to be dug. Do not try burning foil on the fires-it doesn’t!
6. The use of any live material to build bivouacs in the Coppice is strictly banned.
7. For your own safety please do not park cars on the roadway outside the coppice. Please park on the verge or in the space between the inner and outer gates.
8. If there is to be a large number of cars and passengers at a time then there is available a warning triangle that can be place further up the road to warn cars coming round the bend from the Wickham direction that there is a hazard. The booking Secretary holds a warning triangle.
9. No piped water is available on site. For health and safety sake do not allow use of, or play with, the spring and ditch water. The ditches are not play areas and are to be kept clear at all times.
10. Leave the site clean and tidy, take home all rubbish, do not leave behind anything you have taken into the coppice. Wood may be taken into the coppice for burning but not palettes. All wood taken in to the coppice is to be burned.
11. Ensure that the gates are locked securely behind you and that the keys are returned to the Booking Secretary.
12. Bookings for the coppice must be made through the Booking Secretary. Camping must be certificated.
13. Site visits may be made by the Booking Secretary/Management Committee during or immediately after an activity.
14. Always bear in mind that the coppice is a SSSI and we, the owners Fareham East and West, have a legal obligation to look after it within the terms of the SSSI. This means that we have to answer to the Forestry Commission for any actions that abuse the coppice. Observe the wildlife that is within the coppice – do not disturb.
15. The members of the Management Committee are quite happy to be invited to do a walk-round of the coppice to describe the work that we are obligated to carry out for the Forestry Commission and to describe the flora and fauna to be seen within the coppice. Please use the coppice and enjoy our own piece of ancient woodland.
16. The coppice is in Titchfield Lane, near Wickham, grid reference SU554100.
17. BOOKING SECRETARY Joy French (F-West), 88 Funtley Road, Fareham. 01329 284196

Enjoy the Coppice and look after it. If you see or have any problems please report them to the Booking Secretary or the Management Committee.
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Everett’s Coppice Management Committee
Chairman; James Barker: Secretary; Ron Stead.