Warren Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
6 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
51.87090, 0.83251
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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
- 🅿️Parking 180m away — 2 car parks within reach
🌤️ 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
- 🅿️Parking 180m 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 km14 signed routes nearby · 10 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Colchester Orbital West BWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Colchester Orbital West AWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Colchester Orbital Spoke (North)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Colchester Orbital Spoke (West)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Colchester Orbital Spoke (South)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Stanway 11public footpath · 965 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 965 mPath type: footway
Stanway 15public footpath · 1.1 km▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 1.1 kmSurface dirtPath type: footway
Stanway 15public footpath · 189 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 189 mPath type: footway
105 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 51Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network
EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 8Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV2International cycle route
Colchester Orbital CycleCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Garrison RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Route 13Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 13National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
13,066 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
13,066 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Robin +42
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Smooth Newt · Common Toad
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common ToadBufo bufo2025
🐝Insects12 species
summerautumn
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Lesser Stag Beetle · Harlequin Ladybird · Eristalis pertinax · Firebug +7
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,066 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Robin +42
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Smooth Newt · Common Toad
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common ToadBufo bufo2025
🐝Insects12 species
summerautumn
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Lesser Stag Beetle · Harlequin Ladybird · Eristalis pertinax · Firebug +7
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineumRuddy DarterSympetrum sanguineumIndet. LadybirdCoccinellidaeIndet. LadybirdCoccinellidaeDock BugCoreus marginatusDock BugCoreus marginatusStag BeetleLucanus cervusStag BeetleLucanus cervusEupeodes lunigerEupeodes lunigerEupeodes lunigerEupeodes lunigerVolucella pellucensVolucella pellucensVolucella pellucensVolucella pellucensEvents & activities nearby
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