The Grove - Conifer woodland
1 ha
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.08406, 1.11152
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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
- ☕Asda Café — a good base for a longer summer day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ☕Asda Café — a good base for a longer summer day out
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking☕Café🅿️Parking
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Stour & Orwell WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
The Fonnereau WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Fynn Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Gipping Valley River PathWalking route▾
125 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 51Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network
Route 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 2Local cycle route
2ACycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 10BCycling route▾
Named routeRef 10BLocal cycle route
NCN51 Proposed change avoiding Duke Street, IpswichCycling route▾
Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
4 public paths nearby
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Wildlife to spot
11,765 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
11,765 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMagpie · Robin · Moorhen · Mallard · Long-tailed Tit +34
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Red Deer
Willow Emerald Damselfly · Migrant Hawker · Norfolk Aeshna · Common Blue Damselfly · Speckled Bush-cricket +12
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Norfolk AeshnaAeshna isoceles
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
- Syrphus
Yorkshire-fog · Dove's-foot Crane's-bill · Common Chickweed · Yarrow · Creeping Cinquefoil +46
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
- Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
- Red FescueFestuca rubra
- DaisyBellis perennis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
11,765 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMagpie · Robin · Moorhen · Mallard · Long-tailed Tit +34
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Red Deer
Willow Emerald Damselfly · Migrant Hawker · Norfolk Aeshna · Common Blue Damselfly · Speckled Bush-cricket +12
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Norfolk AeshnaAeshna isoceles
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
- Syrphus
Yorkshire-fog · Dove's-foot Crane's-bill · Common Chickweed · Yarrow · Creeping Cinquefoil +46
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
- Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
- Red FescueFestuca rubra
- DaisyBellis perennis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Syrphus
Syrphus
Willow Bean-gallerEuura proximaWillow Bean-gallerEuura proximaRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesPolydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosusGreat Green Bush-cricketTettigonia viridissimaGreat Green Bush-cricketTettigonia viridissimaBlue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegansBlue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataBanded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendensBanded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendensBlack-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatumBlack-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatumHornet HoverflyVolucella zonariaHornet HoverflyVolucella zonariaStag BeetleLucanus cervusStag BeetleLucanus cervusCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCleaversGalium aparineCleaversGalium aparineDandelionTaraxacumDandelionTaraxacumWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumHorse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanumHorse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanumSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseRagwortSenecioRagwortSenecioCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisBristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioidesBristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioidesRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumPerennial Rye-grassLolium perennePerennial Rye-grassLolium perenneEuonymus fortuneiEuonymus fortuneiEuonymus fortuneiEuonymus fortuneiOakQuercusOakQuercusBroad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanumBroad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanumAlexandersSmyrnium olusatrumAlexandersSmyrnium olusatrumBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataCherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasusCherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasusDog-roseRosa caninaDog-roseRosa caninaYewTaxus baccataYewTaxus baccataButterfly-bushBuddleja davidiiButterfly-bushBuddleja davidiiLindenTiliaLindenTiliaPortugal LaurelPrunus lusitanicaPortugal LaurelPrunus lusitanicaHollyIlex aquifoliumHollyIlex aquifoliumCock's-footDactylis glomerataCock's-footDactylis glomerataCreeping BentAgrostis stoloniferaCreeping BentAgrostis stoloniferaHazelCorylus avellanaHazelCorylus avellanaBrambleRubus fruticosusBrambleRubus fruticosusLaburnhamLaburnum anagyroidesLaburnhamLaburnum anagyroidesTraveller's-joyClematis vitalbaTraveller's-joyClematis vitalbaNorway MapleAcer platanoidesNorway MapleAcer platanoidesCommon IvyHedera helix subsp. helixCommon IvyHedera helix subsp. helixVeronica cupressoidesVeronica cupressoidesVeronica cupressoidesVeronica cupressoidesWood AvensGeum urbanumWood AvensGeum urbanumWeldReseda luteolaWeldReseda luteolaSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusLawson CypressCupressus lawsonianaLawson CypressCupressus lawsonianaGreat MulleinVerbascum thapsusGreat MulleinVerbascum thapsusGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaRed CloverTrifolium pratenseRed CloverTrifolium pratensePurple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2025Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2025ArrowheadSagittaria sagittifolia2025ArrowheadSagittaria sagittifolia2025CowslipPrimula veris2025CowslipPrimula veris2025