Harrison's Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.95916, -1.21414
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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km12 signed routes nearby · 11 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
The Big TrackWalking route▾
Named routeRef The Big TrackLocal walking route
Arboretum Route 1Walking route▾
Arboretum Route 2Walking route▾
Park StepsWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Broxtowe Country TrailWalking route▾
104 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NTU City Campus to New Basford Avoiding Tram LinesCycling route▾
Named routeRef NTU - New BasfordLocal cycle route
Broxtowe Country TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Lenton Lane Cycle GatewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
River LeenCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Route N9Cycling route▾
Named routeRef N9Regional cycle route
Cliton to City CentreCycling route▾
Named routeRef N1Regional cycle route
5 public paths nearby
Public paths
Woodyard Lanebridleway · 88 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 88 mSurface asphaltPath type: path
Old Coach Roadbridleway · 237 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 237 mSurface asphaltPath type: bridleway
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Wildlife to spot
41,524 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
41,524 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Coot · Canada Goose · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow +34
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Grey Squirrel · Red Deer · Fallow Deer · Roe Deer · Badger +2
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red DeerCervus elaphus
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- BadgerMeles meles
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects11 species
winterspring
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Pine Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Green Shieldbug · Gorse Shieldbug +6
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Mistletoe
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
41,524 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Coot · Canada Goose · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow +34
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Grey Squirrel · Red Deer · Fallow Deer · Roe Deer · Badger +2
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red DeerCervus elaphus
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- BadgerMeles meles
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects11 species
winterspring
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Pine Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Green Shieldbug · Gorse Shieldbug +6
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Mistletoe
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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