Northcombe Plantation - Conifer woodland
58 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🌲Walks🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome58 ha
Getting here
50.74374, -4.17085
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🐶Dog walks
Very strong match
Dogs allowed — woodland with marked walking trails
Free
🌲Forest walks
Very strong match
1 marked walking trail(s)
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
The Packhorse TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef BCPLocal walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Pegasus TrailMountain bike route▾
6 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
1,109 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,109 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blue Tit · Wren · Carrion Crow · Blackbird +39
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2022
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022
- NuthatchSitta europaea2022
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
- RookCorvus frugilegus2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2022
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2022
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2022
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2022
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2022
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2022
- SiskinSpinus spinus2022
- Great TitParus major2022
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2022
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2022
- SwiftApus apus2022
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2023▾
Hazel Dormouse · Grey Squirrel
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2022
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2020▾
Smooth Newt · frogs and toads
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- frogs and toadsAnura
🐝Insects3 species
springsummer
2022▾
Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Five-spot Burnet · Hornet
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
- Five-spot BurnetZygaena trifolii2019
- HornetVespa crabro2019
Himalayan Balsam · Enchanter's-nightshade · Hybrid Woundwort · Lemon-scented Fern · Perennial Sow-thistle +37
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2019
- Hybrid WoundwortStachys palustris x sylvatica = S. x ambigua
- Lemon-scented FernOreopteris limbosperma
- Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2019
- GorseUlex europaeus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,109 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blue Tit · Wren · Carrion Crow · Blackbird +39
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2022
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022
- NuthatchSitta europaea2022
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
- RookCorvus frugilegus2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2022
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2022
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2022
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2022
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2022
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2022
- SiskinSpinus spinus2022
- Great TitParus major2022
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2022
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2022
- SwiftApus apus2022
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2023▾
Hazel Dormouse · Grey Squirrel
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2022
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2020▾
Smooth Newt · frogs and toads
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- frogs and toadsAnura
🐝Insects3 species
springsummer
2022▾
Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Five-spot Burnet · Hornet
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
- Five-spot BurnetZygaena trifolii2019
- HornetVespa crabro2019
Himalayan Balsam · Enchanter's-nightshade · Hybrid Woundwort · Lemon-scented Fern · Perennial Sow-thistle +37
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2019
- Hybrid WoundwortStachys palustris x sylvatica = S. x ambigua
- Lemon-scented FernOreopteris limbosperma
- Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2019
- GorseUlex europaeus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2019
2019
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2019Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2019Field-roseRosa arvensis2019Field-roseRosa arvensis2019Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2019Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2019PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2019PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2019Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2019Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2019Slender SpeedwellVeronica filiformis2019Slender SpeedwellVeronica filiformis2019Intermediate PolypodyPolypodium interjectum2019Intermediate PolypodyPolypodium interjectum2019Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2019Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2019Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum2019Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum2019Red CampionSilene dioica2019Red CampionSilene dioica2019Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2019Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2019Creeping ComfreySymphytum grandiflorum2019Creeping ComfreySymphytum grandiflorum2019Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2019Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2019HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2019HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2019Soft-rushJuncus effusus2019Soft-rushJuncus effusus2019Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2019Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2019BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga2019BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga2019HawthornCrataegus monogyna2019HawthornCrataegus monogyna2019Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum2019Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum2019MontbretiaCrocosmia aurea x pottsii = C. x crocosmiiflora2019MontbretiaCrocosmia aurea x pottsii = C. x crocosmiiflora2019Common ScurvygrassCochlearia officinalis2019Common ScurvygrassCochlearia officinalis2019Common ValerianValeriana officinalis2019Common ValerianValeriana officinalis2019RhododendronRhododendron ponticum2019RhododendronRhododendron ponticum2019HazelCorylus avellana2019HazelCorylus avellana2019Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2019Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2019Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2019Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2019NavelwortUmbilicus rupestris2019NavelwortUmbilicus rupestris2019Ivy-leaved CrowfootRanunculus hederaceus2019Ivy-leaved CrowfootRanunculus hederaceus2019Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2019Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2019Red FescueFestuca rubra2019Red FescueFestuca rubra2019Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2019Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2019Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2019Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2019Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2019Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2019Hybrid LarchLarix decidua x kaempferi = L. x marschlinsii2019Hybrid LarchLarix decidua x kaempferi = L. x marschlinsii2019Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2019Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2019LondonprideSaxifraga spathularis x umbrosa = S. x urbium2019LondonprideSaxifraga spathularis x umbrosa = S. x urbium2019Events & activities nearby
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