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Cockhill Plantation

20 ha

📷 Richard Webb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome20 ha

Getting here

55.13515, -1.73962

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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

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞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

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Garlic Mustard, Gooseberry, Raspberry +33 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Eristalis pertinax, Marmalade Hoverfly, Syrphus +101 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Eristalis pertinax, Marmalade Hoverfly, Syrphus +101 more · last seen 2024

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Coal Tit, Redstart, Blackbird +29 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Coal Tit, Redstart, Blackbird +29 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Garlic Mustard, Soft-rush, Goat's-beard +286 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Garlic Mustard, Soft-rush, Goat's-beard +286 more · last seen 2025

Free

Mushroom foraging

Good match

Fungi — Common Orange Lichen · last seen 2014; Fungi — Common Orange Lichen · last seen 2014

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Cycling

6 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 155Cycling route

Named routeRef 155National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route131 m

Named routeRef 155Length 131 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route2.5 km

Named routeRef 155Length 2.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route436 m

Named routeRef 155Length 436 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route710 m

Named routeRef 155Length 710 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route592 m

Named routeRef 155Length 592 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

1,565 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

1,565 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds2 species

springsummer

2025

Redstart · Willow Tit

RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
Willow TitPoecile montanus2023

🐝

Insects65 species

summer

2024

Syrphus · Eristalis pertinax · Common Carder Bee · Tree Bumblebee · Eristalis tenax +60

SyrphusSyrphus2023
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2023
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2023
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2023
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2023
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2023
Epistrophe grossulariaeEpistrophe grossulariae2023
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2023
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2023
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2023
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2023
Vestal Cuckoo BeeBombus vestalis2023
Leucozona glauciaLeucozona glaucia2023
Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2023
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2023
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2023
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2023
Dasysyrphus tricinctusDasysyrphus tricinctus2023
Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus2023
Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus2023
Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum2023
Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata2023
Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus2023
Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria2023
Red-Breasted Carrion BeetleOiceoptoma thoracicum2023
Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus2023
Red Mason BeeOsmia bicornis2023
Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2023
Tachina ursinaTachina ursina2023
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
PlatycheirusPlatycheirus
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Melangyna lasiophthalmaMelangyna lasiophthalma
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2023
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2023
Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella2023
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2023
EupeodesEupeodes2023
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2023
Xylota segnisXylota segnis2023
Yellow-legged Furrow BeeHalictus rubicundus2023
Cheilosia bergenstammiCheilosia bergenstammi2023
Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2023
Xanthandrus comtusXanthandrus comtus2023
NeoasciaNeoascia2023
Chrysogaster solstitialisChrysogaster solstitialis2023
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2023
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2023
Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2023
Cheilosia variabilisCheilosia variabilis2023
Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum2023
Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2023
DolerusDolerus2023
Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris2023
Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2023
Baccha elongataBaccha elongata2023
Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria2023
Forest Cuckoo BeeBombus sylvestris2023
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2023
Clarke's Mining BeeAndrena clarkella2023
Eristalis horticolaEristalis horticola2022
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2022

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Plants51 species

winter

2025

Goat's-beard · Common Cudweed · Common Sedge · Procumbent Pearlwort · Veronica hederifolia subsp. lucorum +46

Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis2023
Common CudweedFilago germanica
Common SedgeCarex nigra2024
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2024
Veronica hederifolia subsp. lucorumVeronica hederifolia subsp. lucorum2024
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2023
Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2023
Eared WillowSalix aurita2023
Carnation SedgeCarex panicea2023
Greater PeriwinkleVinca major2023
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2023
Wilson's HoneysuckleLonicera nitida2023
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2023
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2023
AlderAlnus glutinosa2023
RaspberryRubus idaeus2023
Jointed RushJuncus articulatus2023
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2023
Russian ComfreySymphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum2023
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2023
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2023
Hard RushJuncus inflexus2023
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2023
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2023
DogwoodCornus sanguinea2023
Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2023
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2023
Scaly Male-fernDryopteris affinis2023
Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus2023
Curled DockRumex crispus2023
Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia2023
Garden PrivetLigustrum ovalifolium2023
Crack-willowSalix alba x euxina = S. x fragilis2023
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2023
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2023
Soft-rushJuncus effusus2023
AshFraxinus excelsior2023
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2023
Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum2023
Floating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitans2023
BulrushTypha latifolia2023
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2023
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2023
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2023
Three-cornered GarlicAllium triquetrum2023
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2023
GooseberryRibes uva-crispa2023
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2023
Rusty WillowSalix cinerea subsp. oleifolia2023
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2023
Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

1,565 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds2 species

springsummer

2025

Redstart · Willow Tit

RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
Willow TitPoecile montanus2023

🐝

Insects65 species

summer

2024

Syrphus · Eristalis pertinax · Common Carder Bee · Tree Bumblebee · Eristalis tenax +60

SyrphusSyrphus2023
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2023
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2023
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2023
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2023
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2023
Epistrophe grossulariaeEpistrophe grossulariae2023
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2023
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2023
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2023
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2023
Vestal Cuckoo BeeBombus vestalis2023
Leucozona glauciaLeucozona glaucia2023
Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2023
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2023
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2023
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2023
Dasysyrphus tricinctusDasysyrphus tricinctus2023
Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus2023
Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus2023
Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum2023
Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata2023
Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus2023
Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria2023
Red-Breasted Carrion BeetleOiceoptoma thoracicum2023
Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus2023
Red Mason BeeOsmia bicornis2023
Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2023
Tachina ursinaTachina ursina2023
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
PlatycheirusPlatycheirus
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Melangyna lasiophthalmaMelangyna lasiophthalma
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2023
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2023
Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella2023
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2023
EupeodesEupeodes2023
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2023
Xylota segnisXylota segnis2023
Yellow-legged Furrow BeeHalictus rubicundus2023
Cheilosia bergenstammiCheilosia bergenstammi2023
Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2023
Xanthandrus comtusXanthandrus comtus2023
NeoasciaNeoascia2023
Chrysogaster solstitialisChrysogaster solstitialis2023
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2023
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2023
Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2023
Cheilosia variabilisCheilosia variabilis2023
Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum2023
Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2023
DolerusDolerus2023
Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris2023
Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2023
Baccha elongataBaccha elongata2023
Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria2023
Forest Cuckoo BeeBombus sylvestris2023
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2023
Clarke's Mining BeeAndrena clarkella2023
Eristalis horticolaEristalis horticola2022
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2022

🌿

Plants51 species

winter

2025

Goat's-beard · Common Cudweed · Common Sedge · Procumbent Pearlwort · Veronica hederifolia subsp. lucorum +46

Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis2023
Common CudweedFilago germanica
Common SedgeCarex nigra2024
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2024
Veronica hederifolia subsp. lucorumVeronica hederifolia subsp. lucorum2024
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2023
Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2023
Eared WillowSalix aurita2023
Carnation SedgeCarex panicea2023
Greater PeriwinkleVinca major2023
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2023
Wilson's HoneysuckleLonicera nitida2023
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2023
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2023
AlderAlnus glutinosa2023
RaspberryRubus idaeus2023
Jointed RushJuncus articulatus2023
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2023
Russian ComfreySymphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum2023
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2023
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2023
Hard RushJuncus inflexus2023
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2023
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2023
DogwoodCornus sanguinea2023
Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2023
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2023
Scaly Male-fernDryopteris affinis2023
Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus2023
Curled DockRumex crispus2023
Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia2023
Garden PrivetLigustrum ovalifolium2023
Crack-willowSalix alba x euxina = S. x fragilis2023
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2023
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2023
Soft-rushJuncus effusus2023
AshFraxinus excelsior2023
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2023
Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum2023
Floating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitans2023
BulrushTypha latifolia2023
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2023
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2023
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2023
Three-cornered GarlicAllium triquetrum2023
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2023
GooseberryRibes uva-crispa2023
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2023
Rusty WillowSalix cinerea subsp. oleifolia2023
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2023
Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca2023