Enborne has a
site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) just to the east of the village, called
Enborne Copse and another to the south called
Avery's Pightle.
Reddings Copse Early records show, that at one time, up to at least 16 acres of Reddings copse in East Enborne, was held by the family of the barons de Pinkney and was granted by them to William de Clervaux or Nicholas Aufryke. By the middle of the thirteenth century De Clervaux had granted his lands in East Enborne to the
Prior of
Sandleford,
Berkshire who also acquired the lands held by Aufryke. Reddings copse belonged to one or other of these. Sandleford
Priory had it until the priory's property was taken over by the
Dean and Canons of Windsor of
St George's Chapel in the fifteenth century. Various records of the
sale of woods or
lease of Readings Coppice survive which indicate tenants between 1585 and 1748. In the nineteenth century a railway in a deep cutting was built through its heart and in 1996 the by then disused railway was replaced by a wider four-lane
motorway with lay-bys. • 19 February 1585. Sale by the
Dean and Canons of Windsor, to
Thomas Dannett of
Boveney,
Buckinghamshire, esquire, and John Kempe of East Enborne, yeoman, for £33 6s 8d, of 16 acres in Readinges Coppice, to cut (under certain conditions) and carry away before 1 July 1586, and leave what the law requires. • 4 November 1618. Lease by the Dean and Canons of Windsor, to John Dean of
Sandleford, gentleman, of Reddings coppice and a close lately planted with underwood, for 21 years at £4. With Bond for £30 to hold the Dean and Canons of Windsor harmless against Robert Deale of Henwick, Elizabeth his wife and John Deale junior, his son. Another bond for £20. Counterpart. Witnesses: Robert Boswell, William Brofarton. • 16 March 1624. Renewal of lease of Reddings Coppice, by the Dean and Canons of
Windsor, to John Dean of Sandleford, gentleman, of Reddings coppice and a close lately planted with underwood, for 21 years at £4. Witnesses: William Here, John Combes. • 28 July 1663. Lease by the Dean and Canons of Windsor, to John Seely of (Newbery)
Newbury, woolen draper, of Reddings coppice and a close lately planted with underwood. Witnesses: Francis Ridley, William Isaacks, Thomas Monck. • 10 May 1670. Renewal of lease of Reddings Coppice by the Dean and Canons of Windsor, to John Seely [died 1678] of
Newbury, woolen draper, of Reddings coppice and a close lately planted with underwood. • 18 December 1685. Lease of Reddings Coppice by the Dean and Canons of Windsor, to Eleanor Seely of
Greenham,
Berkshire, widow, of Reddings coppice and a close lately planted with underwood. Endorsed with her surrender 23 June 1690 for a new lease to John Edmunds of
Newbury, gentleman. Counterpart. Witnesses to lease: Ellenor [Eleanor] Sealy, William Baron, Joseph Guy, William Shower. Witnesses to the endorsement: Seth Lyferd, No. Starling, John Foster, Thomas Jemmell. • 12 July 1705 Lease of Reddings Coppice by the Dean and Canons of Windsor, to Benjamin Edmunds of the
City of London, merchant. Counterpart. Witnesses: Benjamin Avery, Richard Avery, Richard Holmes junior. • 25 May 1720. Lease of Reddings Coppice by the Dean and Canons of Windsor, to Jane Edmonds of
Clapham, widow, sole executrix of Benjamin Edmunds, for £4, no beasts or cattle to be put in but calves and colts only. Counterpart. Witnesses: John Godwin, John Perry. • 6 March 1748. Renewal of lease of Reddings Coppice by the Dean and Canons of Windsor, to Jane Edmonds, widow. Counterpart. Witnesses: George North, at
Merchant Taylors' Hall,
London, William Bateson, his clerk. • Report from Mr Chamber as to Sandleford, let to
Mr Montague, Overtons and Redding Coppice to Mrs Edmonds, and Court lands in Enborne, and copyhold land in
Pamber called Hop gillons. ==Transport==