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Originally Posted by Susie  |
I think I'm wrong on this as Rosa multiflora has cluster of small hips as shown in photo. Would probably need fresh hips amongst other features such as leaf too to positively ID it. We can see stem is (relatively) thornless which would eliminate many species.
If you're really keen to get a positive ID get a copy of BSBI Handbook No.7 which is Roses of GB + Ireland + includes quite a few of the commonly naturalised as well as native species + hybrids. There is a key as well, but you would need plant in leaf + flower to use it. I was glancing through illustrations this morning as I realised after my post yesterday evening that the fruits were wrong.