New Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.63622, -1.21244
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- ☀️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 251m away — 18 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 251m away — 18 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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Leicestershire RoundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
National Forest WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
121 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
Leicester 'Route 2'Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 2Local cycle route
West End WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef West End WayLocal cycle route
Inner RingwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef Inner RingwayLocal cycle route
Leicester 'Route 4'Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4Local cycle route
Leicester 'Route 3'Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 3Local cycle route
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Public footpath through Optimus Point Nature Area
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
56,084 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
56,084 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGoldfinch · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Robin +18
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Brown Rat · Hedgehog
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects36 species
springautumn
2026▾
Large Yellow Underwing · Rosemary Beetle · Nomada · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Brimstone +31
- Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2025
- Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana
- NomadaNomada
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni
- PeacockAglais io
🍄Fungi8 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Oak Moss · Physcia adscendens · Lecanora chlarotera s. lat. · Splitgill · Coesyn Melfed +3
- Oak MossEvernia prunastri
- Physcia adscendensPhyscia adscendens
- Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.
- SplitgillSchizophyllum commune
- Coesyn MelfedFlammulina velutipes2025
- Amanita'r GwybedAmanita muscaria
🌿Plants6 species
winterspring
2026▾
Hazel · Horse-chestnut · Lungwort · Nuttall's Waterweed · Rigid Hornwort +1
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
- LungwortPulmonaria officinalis
- Nuttall's WaterweedElodea nuttallii
- Rigid HornwortCeratophyllum demersum
- Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
56,084 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGoldfinch · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Robin +18
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Brown Rat · Hedgehog
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects36 species
springautumn
2026▾
Large Yellow Underwing · Rosemary Beetle · Nomada · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Brimstone +31
- Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2025
- Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana
- NomadaNomada
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni
- PeacockAglais io
🍄Fungi8 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Oak Moss · Physcia adscendens · Lecanora chlarotera s. lat. · Splitgill · Coesyn Melfed +3
- Oak MossEvernia prunastri
- Physcia adscendensPhyscia adscendens
- Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.
- SplitgillSchizophyllum commune
- Coesyn MelfedFlammulina velutipes2025
- Amanita'r GwybedAmanita muscaria
🌿Plants6 species
winterspring
2026▾
Hazel · Horse-chestnut · Lungwort · Nuttall's Waterweed · Rigid Hornwort +1
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
- LungwortPulmonaria officinalis
- Nuttall's WaterweedElodea nuttallii
- Rigid HornwortCeratophyllum demersum
- Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Early Bumblebee
Early Bumblebee
Bombus pratorum
Bombus pratorum
Hebrew CharacterOrthosia gothicaHebrew CharacterOrthosia gothicaOak BeautyBiston stratariaOak BeautyBiston stratariaLight Brown Apple MothEpiphyas postvittana2025Light Brown Apple MothEpiphyas postvittana2025Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2025Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2025Common BluebottleCalliphora vicina2025Common BluebottleCalliphora vicina2025Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2025Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2025Shuttle-shaped DartAgrotis puta2025Shuttle-shaped DartAgrotis puta2025Artichoke Gall CauserAndricus foecundatrix f. agamicArtichoke Gall CauserAndricus foecundatrix f. agamicBedeguar GallDiplolepis rosaeBedeguar GallDiplolepis rosaeMarble Gall CauserAndricus kollari f. agamicMarble Gall CauserAndricus kollari f. agamic7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaHesperocorixa linnaeiHesperocorixa linnaeiHesperocorixa linnaeiHesperocorixa linnaeiHaliplusHaliplusHaliplusHaliplusHydroporus palustrisHydroporus palustrisHydroporus palustrisHydroporus palustrisJuniper CarpetThera juniperata2025Juniper CarpetThera juniperata2025Common Spangle CauserNeuroterus quercusbaccarum f. agamic2025Common Spangle CauserNeuroterus quercusbaccarum f. agamic2025Silk-button CauserNeuroterus numismalis f. agamic2025Silk-button CauserNeuroterus numismalis f. agamic2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Light EmeraldCampaea margaritaria2025Light EmeraldCampaea margaritaria2025Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2025Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2025Idiocerus lituratusIdiocerus lituratus2025Idiocerus lituratusIdiocerus lituratus2025Idiocerus stigmaticalisIdiocerus stigmaticalis2025Idiocerus stigmaticalisIdiocerus stigmaticalis2025Rhytidodus decimusquartusRhytidodus decimusquartus2025Rhytidodus decimusquartusRhytidodus decimusquartus2025Lamprotettix nitidulusLamprotettix nitidulus2025Lamprotettix nitidulusLamprotettix nitidulus2025Australian Orange-tipTachystola acroxantha2025Australian Orange-tipTachystola acroxantha2025Helina evectaHelina evecta2025Helina evectaHelina evecta2025Lunar UnderwingAnchoscelis lunosa2025Lunar UnderwingAnchoscelis lunosa2025Acericerus ribautiAcericerus ribauti2025Acericerus ribautiAcericerus ribauti20252025
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Arrhenia rickeniiArrhenia rickenii2025Arrhenia rickeniiArrhenia rickenii2025Glistening InkcapCoprinellus micaceus2025Glistening InkcapCoprinellus micaceus2025