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✦ Ancient woodland42 ha

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Free entryDogs welcome42 ha

Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
  • 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
  • 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

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

Best for

7 activities

Bird watching

Mudflats — internationally important for wading birds and wildfowl; Birds — Mallard, Canada Goose, Black-headed Gull +79 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Seasonal nature

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Field Forklet-moss, Common Pottia, Hair-pointed Feather-moss +19 more · last seen 2024

Free

Foraging

Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants

Varies

Insect spotting

Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens; Insects — Symplecta stictica, Diastata adusta, Golden-ringed Dragonfly +6 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Tamar Valley Discovery TrailWalking route
Named routeRef TDTRegional walking route
St Dominica Heritage Trail (Halton Quay Route)Walking route
Named routeLocal walking route
St Dominica Heritage Trail (Ashton Route)Walking route
Named routeLocal walking route

Wildlife to spot

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