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Rookery Plantation - Broadleaved woodland

11 ha

📷 Mr Ignavy · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

BirdsDogsWildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome11 ha

Getting here

51.12949, -1.19433

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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
  • 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
  • 🅿️(church) 52m away — 8 car parks within reach

Good to know

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

7 activities

Bird watching

Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl

Free

Dog walks

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Wildlife

Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh priority habitat

Free

Waterside walks

Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking

Varies

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

7 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Wayfarers WalkWalking route

Walbury Hill, Berkshire to Emsworth, Hampshire

Named routeRegional walking route
Allan King WayWalking route
Named routeListed length 44 milesRegional walking route
Itchen WayWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
St Swithun's WayWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
Three Castles PathWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
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Cycling

13 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
National Cycle Route 23Cycling route
Named routeRef 23National Cycle Network
National BywayCycling route
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Blackwood Forest Connecting TrailCycling route1 km
Named routeLength 1 km
Main RouteCycling route8.1 km
Named routeRef 23Length 8.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route466 m
Named routeRef 23Length 466 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route599 m
Named routeRef 23Length 599 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Mountain biking

6 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Candovers Off Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route
Named routeHampshire off Road cycle trails
Winchester Off Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route
Named routeHampshire off Road cycle trails
Micheldever Station Off Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route
Named routeHampshire off Road cycle trails
Cliddesden Duck Pond (Cycling Discoveries for Mountain Bikes in and Around North Hampshire)Mountain bike route
Named routeRef 2: Cliddesden Duck Pond
The Ox Drove mountain bike routeMountain bike route
Named route
Abbotstone Down Off-Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route
Named routeHampshire off Road cycle trails

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Private woodland at Grange Farm

📷 Mr Ignavy · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Private woodland at Grange Farm

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦THE GRANGE, NORTHINGTONHistoric site800 m→✦Multi-period site in Micheldever WoodHistoric site3.5 km→✦Multi-period site in Itchen WoodHistoric site3.9 km→✦STRATTON PARKHistoric site4.6 km→✦Oliver's Battery: a hillfort on Abbotstone Down near AlresfordHistoric site2.1 km→✦Abbotstone medieval villageHistoric site2.6 km→

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