Sidehill Plantation - Conifer woodland
2 ha
Plan your visit
🌲Walks
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
52.21047, 0.38416
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
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Icknield Way PathWalking route169 km▾
long distance footpath 169 km
Named routeLength 169 kmRegional walking route
Stour Valley Path part 2Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Stour Valley Path part 1Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
20 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 51Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route5.2 km▾
Named routeRef 51Length 5.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route196 m▾
Named routeRef 51Length 196 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route63 m▾
Named routeRef 51Length 63 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete
Main RouteCycling route41 m▾
Named routeRef 51Length 41 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route125 m▾
Named routeRef 51Length 125 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface pavementslabs
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Icknield Way Cycle TrailMountain bike route226 km▾
This is the off-road or mountain cycling route of the Icknield Way Trail.
Named routeLength 226 kmRegional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
7,610 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,610 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds25 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Robin · Red-legged Partridge · Jackdaw +20
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MagpiePica pica
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Badger · Brown Hare
- BadgerMeles meles
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Harlequin Ladybird · Dasysyrphus albostriatus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus
Traveller's-joy · Common Rock-rose · Sycamore · Beech · Small Scabious +93
- Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba
- Common Rock-roseHelianthemum nummularium
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- BeechFagus sylvatica
- Small ScabiousScabiosa columbaria
- HarebellCampanula rotundifolia
- SainfoinOnobrychis viciifolia
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,610 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds25 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Robin · Red-legged Partridge · Jackdaw +20
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MagpiePica pica
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Badger · Brown Hare
- BadgerMeles meles
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Harlequin Ladybird · Dasysyrphus albostriatus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus
Traveller's-joy · Common Rock-rose · Sycamore · Beech · Small Scabious +93
- Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba
- Common Rock-roseHelianthemum nummularium
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- BeechFagus sylvatica
- Small ScabiousScabiosa columbaria
- HarebellCampanula rotundifolia
- SainfoinOnobrychis viciifolia
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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