Kidney Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
52.20498, 0.37400
Open directionsv
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 199m 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 199m 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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Icknield Way PathWalking route169 km▾
long distance footpath 169 km
Named routeLength 169 kmRegional walking route
Stour Valley Path part 2Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Stour Valley Path part 1Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
19 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 51Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route5.2 km▾
Named routeRef 51Length 5.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route196 m▾
Named routeRef 51Length 196 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route63 m▾
Named routeRef 51Length 63 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete
Main RouteCycling route41 m▾
Named routeRef 51Length 41 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route125 m▾
Named routeRef 51Length 125 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface pavementslabs
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Icknield Way Cycle TrailMountain bike route226 km▾
This is the off-road or mountain cycling route of the Icknield Way Trail.
Named routeLength 226 kmRegional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
6,045 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,045 records · National Biodiversity NetworkTawny Owl · Red-legged Partridge · Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow +28
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Great TitParus major
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
🦌Mammals5 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Badger · Red Fox · Wood Mouse · Roe Deer · Brown Hare
- BadgerMeles meles
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Traveller's-joy · Harebell · Sainfoin · Dwarf Thistle · Yarrow +85
- Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba
- HarebellCampanula rotundifolia
- SainfoinOnobrychis viciifolia
- Dwarf ThistleCirsium acaule
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
- Silver BirchBetula pendula
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,045 records · National Biodiversity NetworkTawny Owl · Red-legged Partridge · Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow +28
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Great TitParus major
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
🦌Mammals5 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Badger · Red Fox · Wood Mouse · Roe Deer · Brown Hare
- BadgerMeles meles
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Traveller's-joy · Harebell · Sainfoin · Dwarf Thistle · Yarrow +85
- Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba
- HarebellCampanula rotundifolia
- SainfoinOnobrychis viciifolia
- Dwarf ThistleCirsium acaule
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
- Silver BirchBetula pendula
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
