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Holmes Plantation - Broadleaved woodland

9 ha

📷 Steve Fareham · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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WildlifeBirdsForaging
Free entryDogs welcome9 ha

Getting here

53.64890, -1.51578

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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
  • 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
  • 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
Parking

Best for

4 activities

Wildlife

Deciduous woodland priority habitat

Free

Bird watching

Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds

Free

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

6 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Barnsley Boundary WalkWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
Walton 2Walking route
Named route
Wakefield WayWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Leeds)Walking route

Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Leeds spur)

Named routeRegional walking route
Dearne WayWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
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Cycling

66 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Route 69Cycling route
Named routeRef 69National Cycle Network
National Cycle Network Route 699Cycling route
Named routeRef 699National Cycle Network
Route 67Cycling route
Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network
West Yorkshire Cycle RouteCycling route
Named routeRef WYCRRegional cycle route
Wakefield WheelCycling route
Named routeRef WheelLocal cycle route
Wonders of WakefieldCycling route
Named routeRef WoWLocal cycle route
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Horse riding

2 public paths nearby

Public paths
Wadhouse Lanebridleway · 126 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 126 mPath type: bridleway
Wadhouse Lanebridleway · 922 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 922 mPath type: bridleway

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Substation on Durkar Low Lane

📷 Steve Fareham · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Substation on Durkar Low Lane

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱Betty Eastwood ParkUrban park1.2 km→🌱Pugneys Country ParkUrban park1.2 km→✦Waterton Park, Walton, WakefieldHistoric site4.5 km→🌱Wrenthorpe Park & Alverthorpe MeadowsUrban park4.9 km→🌱Sandal Castle & ParkUrban park2 km→🌱Newmillerdam Country ParkUrban park2.5 km→

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