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Buff Wood - Broadleaved woodland

1 ha

📷 Hugh Venables · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha

Getting here

52.13833, -0.13188

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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
  • 🅿️Parking 452m away — 4 car parks within reach

Good to know

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

Best for

5 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

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

11 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Harcamlow WayWalking route
Named routeRef HARRegional walking route
Wimpole WayWalking route20.7 km

A walk from Cambridge to Wimpole Hall through gently rolling countryside, historic villages and small areas of ancient woodland

Named routeLength 20.7 kmPoint-to-pointLocal walking route
Clopton WayWalking route17.7 km

This walk offers great views from the top an escarpment and passes through the now deserted medieval village of Clopton

Named routeLength 17.7 kmPoint-to-pointLocal walking route
Wimpole Estate Arrington WalkWalking route4.6 km

A walk around the center, west and south of the Wimpole Estate

Named routeLength 4.6 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Wimpole Estate Arrington Longer WalkWalking route5.2 km

A longer walk around the center, west and south of the Wimpole Estate

Named routeLength 5.2 kmRound tripLocal walking route
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Cycling

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
National Byway (Cambridgeshire)Cycling route

National Byway route through Cambridgeshire

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Route HDC 9iiiCycling route
Named routeRef HDC 9iiiLocal cycle route
Route HDC 8Cycling route
Named routeRef HDC 8Local cycle route
Route HDC 9iiCycling route
Named routeRef HDC 9iiLocal cycle route
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Horse riding

7 public paths nearby

Public paths
Buff Lanebridleway · 122 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 122 mPath type: unclassified
East Hatleybridleway · 460 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 460 mPath type: bridleway
Baulk Lanebridleway · 923 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 923 mSurface groundPath type: bridleway
Buff Lanebridleway · 671 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 671 mPath type: unclassified
East Hatleybridleway · 395 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 395 mPath type: bridleway

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Bridleway by Buff Wood

📷 Hugh Venables · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Bridleway by Buff Wood

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦HATLEY PARKHistoric site700 m→🌱Village GardenUrban park4.8 km→🌱Arrington Village GardensUrban park4.8 km→✦Deserted village of Clapton (site of) N of Croydon HouseHistoric site2.9 km→🌱Millbridge Brook MeadowsUrban park4 km→🦉ST DENIS CHURCHNature reserve600 m→

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