Long Plantation - Conifer woodland
21 ha
Plan your visit
🌲Walks
Free entryDogs welcome21 ha
Getting here
50.56606, -3.97701
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Dartmoor WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef DWRegional walking route
The LichwayWalking route19 km▾
Also known as the 'Way of the Dead' as a route for carrying coffins to the graveyard at Lydford Church
Named routeRef LYWLength 19 kmLocal walking route
Bellever TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef BTLocal walking route
Postbridge TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef PTLocal walking route
Abbot's WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef AWRegional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Granite & GearsMountain bike route▾
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
Track through the conifer plantation, on Beardown Hill
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Wildlife to spot
2,705 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,705 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
springwinter
2026▾
Chaffinch · Robin · Wren · Great Tit · Blue Tit +35
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2025
Stoat
Adder
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects7 species
springsummer
2025▾
Horse Bot Fly · Capsus ater · Syntormon sulcipes · Carabus nemoralis · Poecilus versicolor +2
- Horse Bot FlyGasterophilus intestinalis
- Capsus aterCapsus ater
- Syntormon sulcipesSyntormon sulcipes
- Carabus nemoralisCarabus nemoralis
- Poecilus versicolorPoecilus versicolor
- Carabus problematicusCarabus problematicus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,705 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
springwinter
2026▾
Chaffinch · Robin · Wren · Great Tit · Blue Tit +35
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2025
Stoat
Adder
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects7 species
springsummer
2025▾
Horse Bot Fly · Capsus ater · Syntormon sulcipes · Carabus nemoralis · Poecilus versicolor +2
- Horse Bot FlyGasterophilus intestinalis
- Capsus aterCapsus ater
- Syntormon sulcipesSyntormon sulcipes
- Carabus nemoralisCarabus nemoralis
- Poecilus versicolorPoecilus versicolor
- Carabus problematicusCarabus problematicus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas