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🌲 Plantation forest

Young trees 349766

✦ Ancient woodland1 ha

Getting here

52.76124, -1.75992

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Walking

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Cycling

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Named routes and paths nearby

National Forest Way · Walking0
Route 54 · Cycling0
The Way for the Millennium · Walking65 km
Trent Valley Way · Walking304 km
Main Route · Cycling
Main Route · Cycling

About this plantation forest

Young trees 349766 is an ancient plantation forest covering 1 hectares. As an ancient woodland, it has been continuously wooded since at least 1600 AD — a rare and irreplaceable habitat rich in biodiversity and historical character.

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Trees along a field boundary, east of Meadow Lane

Trees along a field boundary, east of Meadow Lane

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🌱 Visiting this spring

  • 🌸Ancient woodlands are famous for bluebell carpets in April and May — one of Britain's most spectacular wildflower displays
  • 🐦Prime nesting season — listen for woodpecker drumming, warbler song and the first cuckoos from April
  • 🦌Roe deer are active before the leaf canopy closes in — dawn and dusk are best
✦ AncientFree entry🐶 Dogs

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
  • 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

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