High Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.25132, -1.92025
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
- 🅿️Poole's Cavern Car Park 18m away — 20 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
- 🅿️Poole's Cavern Car Park 18m away — 20 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
Named cycling route nearby: Pennine Cycleway
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 18 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
White Peak Loop - Link to Monsal TrailWalking route▾
Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 20Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 1Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Buxton Ring of Trees WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Broadwalkpublic footpath · 7 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 7 mSurface asphaltPath type: pedestrian
Broadwalkpublic footpath · 266 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 266 mSurface asphaltPath type: pedestrian
11 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
High Peak CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Buxton Cycle Route 4Cycling route▾
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Buxton Cycle Route 1Cycling route▾
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Buxton Cycle Route 3Cycling route▾
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Buxton Cycle Route 5Cycling route▾
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Buxton Cycle Route 2Cycling route▾
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Wildlife to spot
50,726 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
50,726 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Robin · Magpie · Nuthatch · Jackdaw +35
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog · Palmate Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
🐝Insects5 species
winterspring
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis tenax · Vine Weevil · Neomyia cornicina · Varied Carpet Beetle
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
- Neomyia cornicinaNeomyia cornicina
- Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
🌿Plants16 species
winterspring
2026▾
Hart's-Tongue · Coltsfoot · Lesser Celandine · Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage · Flowering Currant +11
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium
- Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
50,726 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Robin · Magpie · Nuthatch · Jackdaw +35
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog · Palmate Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
🐝Insects5 species
winterspring
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis tenax · Vine Weevil · Neomyia cornicina · Varied Carpet Beetle
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
- Neomyia cornicinaNeomyia cornicina
- Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
🌿Plants16 species
winterspring
2026▾
Hart's-Tongue · Coltsfoot · Lesser Celandine · Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage · Flowering Currant +11
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium
- Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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