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Laming Gap Plantation - Broadleaved woodland

5 ha

📷 Alan Murray-Rust · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

ForagingDogsWildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha

Getting here

52.87326, -1.05510

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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
  • ☕Gillmores — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
Café

Best for

8 activities

Foraging

Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants

Varies

Dog walks

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Wildlife

Deciduous woodland priority habitat

Free

Bird watching

Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds

Free

Insect spotting

Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens

Free

Family friendly

café

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 14 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Midshires WayWalking route370 km

Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail

Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
Bunny Old Wood Nature TrailWalking route
Named routeLocal walking route
Notts Wolds WayWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
Brook Lanepublic footpath · 185 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 185 mSurface asphaltPath type: service
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Cycling

6 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Fosse 2Cycling route
Named routeRef 48National Cycle Network
West Bridgford to Cotgrave (via A52)Cycling route
Named routeUk Nottinghamshire
Route 1Cycling route

New cycle lanes built and open for use after road wideneing, currently unsigned

Named routeRef R1Local cycle route
Grantham CanalCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
West Bridgford to Cotgrave (via Canal Path)Cycling route
Named routeUk Nottinghamshire
Cotgrave GreenwayCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Horse riding

4 public paths nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Footpath over the tunnel

📷 Alan Murray-Rust · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Footpath over the tunnel

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱Geological walkUrban park1.6 km→🌱Keyworth SkateparkUrban park1.8 km→🌱Ring Leas Play AreaUrban park3.8 km→🌱Cotgrave Field of HopeUrban park4.3 km→🌱Cotgrave Field of HopeUrban park4.3 km→⛪Church of St Mary MagdaleneReligious grounds2.3 km→

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