Orton's Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
8 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome8 ha
Getting here
52.63043, -1.49133
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 51m away — 2 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 51m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £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 km2 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Leicestershire RoundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Ivanhoe WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
19 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
Route 52Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 52National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.8 km▾
Named routeRef 52Length 1.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.7 km▾
Named routeRef 63Length 2.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2 km▾
Named routeRef 52Length 2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1 km▾
Named routeRef 63Length 1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Pooley Country Park mountain bike routeMountain bike route▾
Named routeRound trip
Photos
A444 Burton Road towards Twycross
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Wildlife to spot
6,351 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,351 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
springsummer
2025▾
Hobby · Raven · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull +33
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- RavenCorvus corax
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- SwiftApus apus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- MagpiePica pica
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
Badger
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2024▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects10 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Eupterycyba jucunda · Banded Demoiselle · Silk-button Causer · Willow Ermine · White-legged Damselfly +5
- Eupterycyba jucundaEupterycyba jucunda
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Silk-button CauserNeuroterus numismalis f. agamic
- Willow ErmineYponomeuta rorrella
- White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes
- Willow NematineEuura salicis
🍄Fungi3 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Spangle Waxcap · Blackening Waxcap · Alder Tongue
- Spangle WaxcapHygrocybe insipida
- Blackening WaxcapHygrocybe conica
- Alder TongueTaphrina alni
Unbranched Bur-reed · Marsh Woundwort · Autumn Hawkbit · Field Bindweed · Ground-ivy +72
- Unbranched Bur-reedSparganium emersum
- Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris
- Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2023
- Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2023
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2023
- Wild CherryPrunus avium2023
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,351 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
springsummer
2025▾
Hobby · Raven · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull +33
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- RavenCorvus corax
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- SwiftApus apus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- MagpiePica pica
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
Badger
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2024▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects10 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Eupterycyba jucunda · Banded Demoiselle · Silk-button Causer · Willow Ermine · White-legged Damselfly +5
- Eupterycyba jucundaEupterycyba jucunda
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Silk-button CauserNeuroterus numismalis f. agamic
- Willow ErmineYponomeuta rorrella
- White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes
- Willow NematineEuura salicis
🍄Fungi3 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Spangle Waxcap · Blackening Waxcap · Alder Tongue
- Spangle WaxcapHygrocybe insipida
- Blackening WaxcapHygrocybe conica
- Alder TongueTaphrina alni
Unbranched Bur-reed · Marsh Woundwort · Autumn Hawkbit · Field Bindweed · Ground-ivy +72
- Unbranched Bur-reedSparganium emersum
- Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris
- Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2023
- Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2023
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2023
- Wild CherryPrunus avium2023
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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