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Landsend Plantation - Broadleaved woodland

7 ha

📷 Andrew Smith · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

WildlifeBirdsForaging
Free entryDogs welcome7 ha

Getting here

51.55277, -1.35551

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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

Best for

4 activities

Wildlife

Deciduous woodland priority habitat

Free

Bird watching

Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds

Free

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
The RidgewayWalking route140 km
Named routeRef RWLength 140 kmNational walking route
The Vale WayWalking route43 km

Route through the Vale of White Horse in Oxfordshire, UK. (27 miles).

Named routeLength 43 kmLocal walking route
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Cycling

24 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Grove/King Alfred School (West)Cycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Round Berkshire Cycle RouteCycling route
Named routeRegional cycle route
Route 544Cycling route
Named routeRef 544National Cycle Network
Wantage/GroveCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Proposed Kingsgrove to Wantage Town Centre Cycle RouteCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Wantage to Harwell Campus (Icknield Greenway)Cycling route
Named routeRef 1Local cycle route
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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
King Alfred's WayMountain bike route

King Alfreds Way is 350km (220 miles) off road route designed to be ridden clockwise. It starts & ends in Winchester. It is suitable for gravel or cross-country bikes.

Named routeRegional cycle route
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Horse riding

6 public paths nearby

Public paths
Ilsley Downs Riding Routebridleway · 1.4 km
Public pathbridlewayLength 1.4 kmPath type: track
Old Streetrestricted byway · 2 km
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 2 kmSurface unpavedPath type: bridleway

Wildlife to spot

Photos

West Ginge Down

📷 Andrew Smith · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

West Ginge Down

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱Chilton FieldsUrban park3.9 km→✦Scutchamer Knob (Earthwork)Historic site1.4 km→✦Scutchamore KnobHistoric site1.4 km→✦Yew Down round barrow 950m south west of Butterbush ReservoirHistoric site2.7 km→✦Lockinge ManorHistoric site4 km→🌱Pico ParkUrban park4.5 km→

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