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Hicks' Plantation - Broadleaved woodland

5 ha

📷 Robin Webster · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha

Getting here

51.90513, 0.41078

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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
  • 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
  • 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

Good to know

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

Best for

6 activities

Dog walks

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Wildlife

Deciduous woodland priority habitat

Free

Bird watching

Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds

Free

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Semi-improved grassland — butterflies and wildflowers

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

2 signed routes nearby · 11 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Harcamlow WayWalking route
Named routeRef HARRegional walking route
London to Walsingham - stage 03Walking route
Named routeRef LW03Local walking route
Rosemary Lanepublic footpath · 108 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 108 mPath type: track
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Cycling

23 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Route 16Cycling route
Named routeRef 16National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route66 m
Named routeRef 16Length 66 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete
Main RouteCycling route18 m
Named routeRef 16Length 18 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route1.5 km
Named routeRef 16Length 1.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route49 m
Named routeRef 16Length 49 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route21 m
Named routeRef 16Length 21 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface other
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Horse riding

4 public paths nearby

Public paths
Clay Lanebyway open to all traffic · 51 m
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 51 mPath type: unclassified
Clay Lanebyway open to all traffic · 745 m
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 745 mSurface gravelPath type: track

Wildlife to spot

Photos

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📷 Robin Webster · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱Parsonage DownsUrban park4.6 km→✦Saling GroveHistoric site4.4 km→🌱Parsonage DownsUrban park4.5 km→🌱Talberds LeyUrban park4.9 km→✦The Mount: a motte castle in Stebbing ParkHistoric site1.3 km→✦Square and circular barrows 260m south east of Parsonage FarmHistoric site4.2 km→

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