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Blagdon Plantation

✦ Ancient woodland17 ha

📷 Toby · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome17 ha

Getting here

50.95811, -1.92061

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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

9 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Robin +74 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Robin +74 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Dark-edged Bee-fly, Scathophaga stercoraria · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Bendy Ditrichum, Dropwort, Harebell · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants

Varies

Dog walks

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Cranborne Droves WayWalking route

The route of the Cranborne Droves Way walkers route between Win Green where it links with Wessex Ridgeway and Salisbury where it links with the Sarsen Way

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Jubilee Trail (Dorset)Walking route
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The Hardy WayWalking route
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Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
National BywayCycling route
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Mountain biking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Fordingbridge Off Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route
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Fordingbridge Off Road Cycle Trail (Shortcut)Mountain bike route
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Cranborne Droves Way TrailMountain bike route
Named route
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Horse riding

19 public paths nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Blagdon Hill

📷 Toby · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Blagdon Hill

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦CRANBORNE MANORHistoric site4.4 km→✦Two linear earthworks, two barrows and Iron Age and Romano-British settlements on Tidpit Common DownHistoric site1.2 km→✦BOVERIDGE HOUSE SCHOOLHistoric site3.3 km→✦Bokerley Dyke, and a section of Grim's Ditch, a section of a medieval boundary bank, and two bowl barrows on and north west of Martin DownHistoric site1.5 km→✦Long barrow south-west of Vernditch ChaseHistoric site3.5 km→✦Grim's Ditch: Old Lodge Copse to Toyd ClumpHistoric site4.9 km→

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