Big Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
6 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
53.08938, -1.56130
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
- 📍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
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
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Broadleaved woodland — spring blossom and autumn colour
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km10 signed routes nearby · 29 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Midshires WayWalking route370 km▾
Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail
Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
Limestone WayWalking route74 km▾
Castleton to Rocester
Named routeLength 74 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
High Peak TrailWalking route27 km▾
Named routeLength 27 kmRegional walking route
Derwent Valley Heritage WayWalking route89 km▾
Named routeLength 89 kmRegional walking route
Amber Valley Routeway Walk 14Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
17 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 54Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 54National Cycle Network
Route 547Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 547National Cycle Network
Alternative RouteCycling route286 m▾
Named routeRef 547Length 286 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route194 m▾
Named routeRef 547Length 194 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route3.5 km▾
Named routeRef 54Length 3.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route97 m▾
Named routeRef 54Length 97 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
High Peak TrailMountain bike route27 km▾
Named routeRef High Peak TrailLength 27 kmPoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
Carsington Water Cycle RouteMountain bike route▾
Great North Trail (Peak District and South Pennines)Mountain bike route130.4 km▾
Named routeLength 130.4 kmNational Cycle Network
1 public path nearby
Public paths
Sough Lanebridleway · 545 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 545 mSurface gravelPath type: service
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Wildlife to spot
42,607 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
42,607 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarabus nemoralis · Black Clock
- Carabus nemoralisCarabus nemoralis
- Black ClockPterostichus madidus
Hairy Bitter-cress · Yew · Common Nettle · Common Whitlowgrass · Shining Crane's-bill +110
- Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
- YewTaxus baccata
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna
- Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
- SowbreadCyclamen hederifolium
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
42,607 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarabus nemoralis · Black Clock
- Carabus nemoralisCarabus nemoralis
- Black ClockPterostichus madidus
Hairy Bitter-cress · Yew · Common Nettle · Common Whitlowgrass · Shining Crane's-bill +110
- Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
- YewTaxus baccata
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna
- Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
- SowbreadCyclamen hederifolium
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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