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Yew Down Plantation - Broadleaved woodland

4 ha

📷 Peter Facey · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

InsectsWildlifeBirds
Free entryDogs welcome4 ha

Getting here

50.99796, -1.04542

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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· Free

Best for

5 activities

Insect spotting

Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths

Free

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

10 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Monarch's WayWalking route990 km

approximate route of Charles II's escape

Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route
South Downs WayWalking route160 km
Named routeLength 160 kmNational walking route
Staunton WayWalking route
Named routeLocal walking route
Hangers WayWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
Long Woodland TrailWalking route8 km
Named routeLength 8 kmLocal walking route
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Cycling

17 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Route 222Cycling route
Named routeRef 222National Cycle Network
National Byway (Winchester loop)Cycling route
Named routeRegional cycle route
Discover the Hampshire South Downs by BikeCycling route
Named routeRef EHRegional cycle route
Route 224Cycling route
Named routeRef 224National Cycle Network
NCN 22/222 linkCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Petersfield - QECP/SDWCycling route
Named routeRegional cycle route
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Mountain biking

11 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
South Downs WayMountain bike route
Named routeRef 89National Cycle Network
Petersfield Off Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route
Named route
South Downs Way alternative route through WarnfordMountain bike route
Named route
QECP Blue MTBMountain bike route
Named routeRef Blue
King Alfred's WayMountain bike route

King Alfreds Way is 350km (220 miles) off road route designed to be ridden clockwise. It starts & ends in Winchester. It is suitable for gravel or cross-country bikes.

Named routeRegional cycle route
QECP Red MTBMountain bike route
Named routeRef Red
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Horse riding

3 public paths nearby

Public paths
Halnaker Lanebyway open to all traffic · 12 m
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 12 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Halnaker Lanebyway open to all traffic · 140 m
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 140 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Halnaker Lanebyway open to all traffic · 1.5 km
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 1.5 kmSurface compactedPath type: track

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Middle Down and Yew Down seen from Salt Hill

📷 Peter Facey · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Middle Down and Yew Down seen from Salt Hill

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦Part of an Anglo-Saxon cemetery, possible structure and Bronze Age ring ditch at land between the A32 and Marlands Lane, West Meon, HampshireHistoric site3.4 km→✦WARNFORD PARKHistoric site4.5 km→⛪St John's ChurchReligious grounds3.5 km→✦Old Winchester Hill Iron Age FortHistoric site3.5 km→✦Hillfort, oval barrow, round barrows, field systems and earthwork enclosure on Old Winchester HillHistoric site3.6 km→✦Froxfield entrenchmentsHistoric site4.4 km→

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