Cook's Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.70996, -1.17686
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
- 🌿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
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
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
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Leicestershire RoundWalking route▾
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National Forest WayWalking route▾
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62 signed routes nearby
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Loughborough Cycle Network Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1Local cycle route
Fosse2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 48National Cycle Network
Loughborough Cycle Network Route 3Cycling route▾
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Leicester 'Route 4'Cycling route▾
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NCN 6 Flood Diversion RouteCycling route▾
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Route 6Cycling route▾
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