Flitwick Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
8 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome8 ha
Getting here
51.99884, -0.53463
Open directionsv
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Broadleaved woodland — spring blossom and autumn colour
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
John Bunyan TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Greensand Ridge WalkWalking route64 km▾
Named routeLength 64 kmRegional walking route
Katherine’s WalkWalking route13.6 km▾
Named routeLength 13.6 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Icknield Way PathWalking route169 km▾
long distance footpath 169 km
Named routeLength 169 kmRegional walking route
Clay WayWalking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointLocal walking route
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Beds)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Greensand CyclewayCycling route59 km▾
Named routeLength 59 kmRegional cycle route
Chilterns CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Icknield Way Cycle TrailMountain bike route226 km▾
This is the off-road or mountain cycling route of the Icknield Way Trail.
Named routeLength 226 kmRegional cycle route
9 public paths nearby
Public paths
Peakes Endbridleway · 375 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 375 mPath type: service
Town Mead Bridgebridleway · 50 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 50 mPath type: track
Photos
Track (bridleway) into woodland
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Wildlife to spot
5,581 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,581 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Magpie · Goldfinch · Blackbird +39
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
Red Deer
🐸Amphibians1 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects28 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Hairy Shieldbug · Sphaerophoria · Dock Bug · Green Shieldbug +23
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
- SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024
Himalayan Balsam · Ramsons · Black Nightshade · Red Campion · Procumbent Yellow-sorrel +36
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024
- RamsonsAllium ursinum2025
- Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025
- Red CampionSilene dioica2025
- Procumbent Yellow-sorrelOxalis corniculata2024
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,581 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Magpie · Goldfinch · Blackbird +39
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
Red Deer
🐸Amphibians1 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects28 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Hairy Shieldbug · Sphaerophoria · Dock Bug · Green Shieldbug +23
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
- SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024
Himalayan Balsam · Ramsons · Black Nightshade · Red Campion · Procumbent Yellow-sorrel +36
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024
- RamsonsAllium ursinum2025
- Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025
- Red CampionSilene dioica2025
- Procumbent Yellow-sorrelOxalis corniculata2024
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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