Violet Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
🐶Dogs🦋Insects🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
52.41512, 1.28997
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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
🌤️ 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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths
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 km6 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Boudicca WayWalking route60 km▾
Norwich to Diss
Named routeLength 60 kmRegional walking route
Angles WayWalking route150 km▾
Named routeLength 150 kmRegional walking route
Otter Vale WalksWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Via BeataWalking route▾
A pilgrimage with a difference... with a dream to span Great Britain from Lowestoft to St Davids.
Named routeRegional walking route
Waveney Valley Walks - HarlestonWalking route6.5 km▾
Named routeLength 6.5 kmRound tripLocal walking route
55 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Two Rivers Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 30Regional cycle route
Heart of Suffolk RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef HoSRRegional cycle route
Wolf WayCycling route400 km▾
Named routeRef Wolf WayLength 400 kmRound tripLocal cycle route
Regional Cycle Route 30Cycling route373 km▾
Named routeRef 30Length 373 kmRound tripRegional cycle route
N/ACycling route1.5 km▾
Named routeRef 40Length 1.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route51 m▾
Named routeRef 30Length 51 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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sylvaticumFalse-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticumRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataSelfhealPrunella vulgarisSelfhealPrunella vulgarisFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusRough Meadow-grassPoa trivialisRough Meadow-grassPoa trivialisThree-nerved SandwortMoehringia trinerviaThree-nerved SandwortMoehringia trinerviaCock's-footDactylis glomerataCock's-footDactylis glomerataYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusWood DockRumex sanguineusWood DockRumex sanguineusCut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectumCut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectumCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseHazelCorylus avellanaHazelCorylus avellanaYarrowAchillea millefoliumYarrowAchillea millefoliumRed FescueFestuca rubraRed FescueFestuca rubraPrimrosePrimula vulgarisPrimrosePrimula vulgarisPerennial Rye-grassLolium perennePerennial Rye-grassLolium perenneYellow Oat-grassTrisetum flavescensYellow Oat-grassTrisetum 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pratensisLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumHornbeamCarpinus betulusHornbeamCarpinus betulusSoft-rushJuncus effususSoft-rushJuncus effususWych ElmUlmus glabraWych ElmUlmus glabraHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumBrambleRubus fruticosusBrambleRubus fruticosusCommon FigwortScrophularia nodosaCommon FigwortScrophularia nodosaSmooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillarisSmooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillarisGlaucous SedgeCarex flaccaGlaucous SedgeCarex flaccaCommon VetchVicia sativaCommon VetchVicia sativaLady's BedstrawGalium verumLady's BedstrawGalium verumField Wood-rushLuzula campestrisField Wood-rushLuzula campestrisCommon CentauryCentaurium erythraeaCommon CentauryCentaurium erythraeaCommon CouchElymus repensCommon CouchElymus repensCherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasusCherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasusScentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorumScentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorumCat's-earHypochaeris radicataCat's-earHypochaeris radicataHemlockConium maculatumHemlockConium maculatumGreater PlantainPlantago majorGreater PlantainPlantago majorFoxgloveDigitalis purpureaFoxgloveDigitalis purpureaScots PinePinus sylvestrisScots PinePinus sylvestrisProcumbent PearlwortSagina procumbensProcumbent PearlwortSagina procumbensBladder CampionSilene vulgarisBladder CampionSilene vulgarisMusk-mallowMalva moschataMusk-mallowMalva moschataGrey SedgeCarex divulsa subsp. divulsaGrey SedgeCarex divulsa subsp. divulsaPerforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatumPerforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatumGreater KnapweedCentaurea scabiosaGreater KnapweedCentaurea scabiosaBlack MedickMedicago lupulinaBlack MedickMedicago lupulinaHedge BedstrawGalium albumHedge BedstrawGalium albumQuaking-grassBriza mediaQuaking-grassBriza mediaCowslipPrimula verisCowslipPrimula verisRed OakQuercus rubraRed OakQuercus rubraRough ChervilChaerophyllum temulumRough ChervilChaerophyllum temulumField ScabiousKnautia arvensisField ScabiousKnautia arvensisDove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molleDove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium mollePyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalisPyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalisWild PrivetLigustrum vulgareWild PrivetLigustrum vulgareOxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgareOxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgareBarren BromeAnisantha sterilisBarren BromeAnisantha sterilisLesser StitchwortStellaria gramineaLesser StitchwortStellaria gramineaWood-sedgeCarex sylvaticaWood-sedgeCarex sylvaticaCommon Dog-violet / Early Dog-violetViola reichenbachiana or rivinianaCommon Dog-violet / Early Dog-violetViola reichenbachiana or rivinianaFloating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitansFloating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitansWall BarleyHordeum murinumWall BarleyHordeum murinumSquare-stalked St John's-wortHypericum tetrapterumSquare-stalked St John's-wortHypericum tetrapterumAppleMalus domesticaAppleMalus domesticaEnchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetianaEnchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetianaCreeping ComfreySymphytum grandiflorumCreeping ComfreySymphytum grandiflorumCommon DuckweedLemna minorCommon DuckweedLemna minorHollyIlex aquifoliumHollyIlex aquifoliumRagged-RobinSilene flos-cuculiRagged-RobinSilene flos-cuculiSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusGoat WillowSalix capreaGoat WillowSalix capreaCrested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatusCrested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatusMeadow FescueSchedonorus pratensisMeadow FescueSchedonorus pratensisMarsh ThistleCirsium palustreMarsh ThistleCirsium palustreWood SpeedwellVeronica montanaWood SpeedwellVeronica montanaHoneysuckleLonicera periclymenumHoneysuckleLonicera periclymenumHorse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanumHorse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanumMeadowsweetFilipendula ulmariaMeadowsweetFilipendula ulmariaNorway SprucePicea abiesNorway SprucePicea abiesGreater StitchwortStellaria holosteaGreater StitchwortStellaria holosteaHard RushJuncus inflexusHard RushJuncus inflexusWood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvaticaWood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvaticaMarsh-bedstrawGalium palustreMarsh-bedstrawGalium palustreBroad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanumBroad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanumMusk ThistleCarduus nutansMusk ThistleCarduus nutansDog-roseRosa caninaDog-roseRosa caninaTufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosaTufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosaSoft-bromeBromus hordeaceusSoft-bromeBromus hordeaceusGoldilocks ButtercupRanunculus auricomusGoldilocks ButtercupRanunculus auricomusWavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosaWavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosaFalse Fox-sedgeCarex otrubaeFalse Fox-sedgeCarex otrubaeRosa caninaRosa caninaRosa caninaRosa caninaCommon IvyHedera helix subsp. helixCommon IvyHedera helix subsp. helixGreater Pond-sedgeCarex ripariaGreater Pond-sedgeCarex ripariaSpindleEuonymus europaeusSpindleEuonymus europaeusWild CherryPrunus aviumWild CherryPrunus aviumLesser CelandineFicaria vernaLesser CelandineFicaria vernaLeast Yellow-sorrelOxalis exilis2021Least Yellow-sorrelOxalis exilis2021Oregon-grapeMahonia aquifolium2019Oregon-grapeMahonia aquifolium2019White ComfreySymphytum orientale2019White ComfreySymphytum orientale2019WoodruffGalium odoratum2019WoodruffGalium odoratum2019BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2019BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2019Events & activities nearby
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