Sampson's Cave Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland37 ha
Plan your visit
🍂Seasonal🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome37 ha
Getting here
54.77307, -2.73137
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
- 🐴Horse riding listed as facility — is at its best in summer
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐴Horse riding listed as facility — is at its best in summer
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Horse riding listed as facility
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 7National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route12.9 km▾
Named routeRef 7Length 12.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
2,188 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,188 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarrion Crow · Tawny Owl · Moorhen · Swallow · Rook
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- RookCorvus frugilegus
Toad Rush · Lesser Stitchwort · Stellaria media · Autumn Hawkbit · Timothy +170
- Toad RushJuncus bufonius
- Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea
- Stellaria mediaStellaria media
- Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis
- TimothyPhleum pratense
- Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum
- Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,188 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarrion Crow · Tawny Owl · Moorhen · Swallow · Rook
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- RookCorvus frugilegus
Toad Rush · Lesser Stitchwort · Stellaria media · Autumn Hawkbit · Timothy +170
- Toad RushJuncus bufonius
- Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea
- Stellaria mediaStellaria media
- Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis
- TimothyPhleum pratense
- Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum
- Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas