Gapemouth Plantation - Conifer woodland
8 ha
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome8 ha
Getting here
51.30647, -0.70859
Open directionsv
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
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 195m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 195m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
Named cycling route nearby: Route 221
Varies
Named hiking route nearby: Basingstoke Canal
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Wellesley Green RouteWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Blackwater Valley PathWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Basingstoke CanalWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Cove Brook Greenway, FarnboroughWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Pirbright walk (SCC)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
16 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Rushmoor Cycle Network [FS]Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Saturn TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 221National Cycle Network
Route 221Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 221National Cycle Network
Rushmoor cycle network (Aldershot)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Blackwater Valley Red RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef redLocal cycle route
Rushmoor Cycle Network [FF]Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Basingstoke Canal TowpathMountain bike route▾
Blackwater Valley Multi-User PathMountain bike route▾
Cove Brook Greenway, FarnboroughMountain bike route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
9,574 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,574 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Wigeon · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Robin · Coal Tit +40
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- PochardAythya ferina2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- MagpiePica pica
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Black SwanCygnus atratus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2024
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects9 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Birch Catkin Bug · Southern Hawker · Common Darter · Common Blue Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly +4
- Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Emperor Dragonfly
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,574 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Wigeon · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Robin · Coal Tit +40
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- PochardAythya ferina2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- MagpiePica pica
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Black SwanCygnus atratus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2024
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects9 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Birch Catkin Bug · Southern Hawker · Common Darter · Common Blue Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly +4
- Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Emperor Dragonfly
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Anax imperator
Anax imperator
Stag BeetleLucanus cervusStag BeetleLucanus cervusHairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipesHairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipesCommon BluebottleCalliphora vicinaCommon BluebottleCalliphora vicina