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Orchard Plantation - Broadleaved woodland

✦ Ancient woodland10 ha

📷 Robin Webster · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome10 ha

Getting here

51.00876, -1.03895

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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
  • 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland

Free

Seasonal nature

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour

Free

Bird watching

Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds

Free

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Heritage

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Free

Forest walks

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

6 signed routes nearby · 3 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
Hangers WayWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
Long Woodland TrailWalking route8 km
Named routeLength 8 kmLocal walking route
The Shipwrights WayWalking route

A long distance route which links villages and towns in east Hampshire. The name reflects the use of oak grown at Alice Holt Forest for Tudor shipbuilding.

Named routeRegional walking route
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Cycling

8 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Route 222Cycling route
Named routeRef 222National Cycle Network
Discover the Hampshire South Downs by BikeCycling route
Named routeRef EHRegional cycle route
Route 224Cycling route
Named routeRef 224National Cycle Network
Petersfield - QECP/SDWCycling route
Named routeRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route2.2 km
Named routeRef 222Length 2.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route400 m
Named routeRef 222Length 400 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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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

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Autumn road

📷 Robin Webster · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Autumn road

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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 site3.3 km→✦WARNFORD PARKHistoric site5 km→🌱SoalwoodUrban park4.4 km→✦Froxfield entrenchmentsHistoric site3.2 km→⛪St John's ChurchReligious grounds3.6 km→✦Old Winchester Hill Iron Age FortHistoric site4.6 km→

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