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Park Plantations - Broadleaved woodland

4 ha

📷 Philip Jeffrey · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome4 ha

Getting here

52.15477, -0.21024

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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
  • 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

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

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Lowland fens priority habitat

Free

Bird watching

Lowland fens — specialist fen birds and passage waders

Free

Insect spotting

Lowland fens — fen dragonflies and rare invertebrates

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

5 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
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
Kingfisher WayWalking route
Named routeLocal walking route
Greensand Ridge WalkWalking route64 km
Named routeLength 64 kmRegional walking route
North Bedfordshire Heritage TrailWalking route70 km
Named routeLength 70 kmRegional walking route
Weneslawe WalkWalking route12.8 km
Named routeLength 12.8 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Park Lanepublic footpath · 420 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 420 mPath type: footway
Park Lanepublic footpath · 669 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 669 mPath type: footway
Park Lanepublic footpath · 203 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 203 mPath type: residential
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Cycling

7 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
National Byway (Beds)Cycling route
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Route HDC 8Cycling route
Named routeRef HDC 8Local cycle route
Route HDC 9iCycling route
Named routeRef HDC 9iLocal cycle route
Route 12Cycling route
Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network
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

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Housing park by the Cinques

📷 Philip Jeffrey · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Housing park by the Cinques

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱Henry Smith Playing FieldsUrban park3 km→🌱The HollowUrban park3.4 km→🌱Waresley ParkUrban park2.7 km→🌱Waresley ParkUrban park2.7 km→⚽Henry Smith Playing FieldsPlaying field3 km→✦THE HAZELLSHistoric site4.2 km→

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