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Whiteway Plantation - Broadleaved woodland

12 ha

📷 Stefan Czapski · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome12 ha

Getting here

50.63494, -2.18434

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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

Best for

5 activities

Insect spotting

Lowland meadows — marbled white, meadow brown and pollinating insects

Free

Wildlife

Deciduous woodland priority habitat

Free

Bird watching

Lowland fens — specialist fen birds and passage waders

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

9 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Purbeck WayWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
South West Coast Path (Section 50: Ferrybridge to Lulworth Cove)Walking route
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
South West Coast Path (Section 51: Lulworth Cove to Worth Matravers)Walking route
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
The Hardy WayWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Portland to LulworthWalking route
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
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Cycling

7 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Route 2Cycling route

National Cycle Route 2 Christchurch to Axminster

Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
Lawrence RideCycling route
Named routeRef 4Local cycle route
Priory RideCycling route
Named routeRef 1Local cycle route
Purbeck RideCycling route
Named routeRef 6Regional cycle route
East Lulworth RideCycling route
Named routeRef 5Local cycle route
Main RouteCycling route321 m
Named routeRef 2Length 321 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

Photos

The northern flank of Whiteway Hill

📷 Stefan Czapski · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

The northern flank of Whiteway Hill

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦LULWORTH CASTLEHistoric site2.1 km→✦Medieval settlement and park pale at East LulworthHistoric site2.5 km→✦Bindon Hill campHistoric site3.9 km→✦Bindon Hill CampHistoric site4 km→✦Alum works, other multi-period industrial remains and an associated group of jetties and breakwaters, Kimmeridge BayHistoric site4.8 km→✦Old Site of Clavel TowerHistoric site4.9 km→

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