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Cranmore Plantation

16 ha

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Getting here

51.20471, -2.47244

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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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 485m away — 2 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 485m away — 2 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — House Sparrow, Robin, Goldfinch +18 more · last seen 2025; Birds — House Sparrow, Robin, Goldfinch +18 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Good match

Public woodland

Free

Hiking

Good match

Named hiking route nearby: East Mendip Way

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

1 signed route nearby · 14 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

East Mendip WayWalking route

Named routeRef EMWRegional walking route

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Cycling

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

National Cycle Network Route 26 (Proposed)Cycling route

Named routeRef 26National Cycle Network

Strawberry LineCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

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Horse riding

7 public paths nearby

Public paths

Furzeclose Lanebridleway · 1.5 km

Public pathbridlewayLength 1.5 kmPath type: track

Funtle Lanebridleway · 402 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 402 mPath type: service

Wildlife to spot

22,466 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

22,466 records · National Biodiversity Network

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Birds22 species

summerautumnwinter

2025

House Sparrow · Robin · Goldfinch · Blackbird · Blue Tit +17

House SparrowPasser domesticus
RobinErithacus rubecula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
DunnockPrunella modularis
JackdawColoeus monedula
Coal TitPeriparus ater
MagpiePica pica
Great TitParus major
Red KiteMilvus milvus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa

🦌

Mammals1 species

summer

2025

Brown Hare

Brown HareLepus europaeus

🐝

Insects1 species

summer

2025

Common Red Soldier Beetle

Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva

🌿

Plants127 species

winter

2025

Common Chickweed · Common Ragwort · Red Clover · Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum · Italian Rye-grass +122

Common ChickweedStellaria media
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum
Italian Rye-grassLolium multiflorum
Hidcote ComfreySymphytum x hidcotense 'Hidcote Blue'
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
Bush VetchVicia sepium
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
NipplewortLapsana communis
Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
YewTaxus baccata
Rue-leaved SaxifrageSaxifraga tridactylites
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca
Winter-cressBarbarea vulgaris
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium
Alchemilla filicaulis subsp. vestitaAlchemilla filicaulis subsp. vestita
Field MapleAcer campestre
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Wayfaring-treeViburnum lantana
Musk Stork's-billErodium moschatum
Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum
Grey Field-speedwellVeronica polita
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum
Dog-roseRosa canina
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
ElderSambucus nigra
Garden PrivetLigustrum ovalifolium
Common MallowMalva sylvestris
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Silver BirchBetula pendula
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Asplenium trichomanes subsp. quadrivalensAsplenium trichomanes subsp. quadrivalens
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus
HollyIlex aquifolium
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Garden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacum
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Euphorbia amygdaloides subsp. robbiaeEuphorbia amygdaloides subsp. robbiae
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Common DuckweedLemna minor
Tufted VetchVicia cracca
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Druce's Crane's-billGeranium endressii x versicolor = G. x oxonianum
IvyHedera helix
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
Rusty-Back FernAsplenium ceterach
HazelCorylus avellana
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
HawkweedHieracium
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
YarrowAchillea millefolium
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
DandelionTaraxacum
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Keeled-fruited CornsaladValerianella carinata
Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
Common CouchElymus repens
Red CampionSilene dioica
Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa
White Dead-nettleLamium album
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
AshFraxinus excelsior
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Trailing BellflowerCampanula poscharskyana
AubretiaAubrieta deltoidea
Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare
Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica
White CloverTrifolium repens
Caucasian-StonecropPhedimus spurius
Wilson's HoneysuckleLonicera nitida
Common VetchVicia sativa
CleaversGalium aparine
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Sweet VioletViola odorata
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
Wild OnionAllium vineale
DaisyBellis perennis
Japanese HoneysuckleLonicera japonica
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Yellow CorydalisPseudofumaria lutea
Wild MarjoramOriganum vulgare
DogwoodCornus sanguinea
Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

22,466 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds22 species

summerautumnwinter

2025

House Sparrow · Robin · Goldfinch · Blackbird · Blue Tit +17

House SparrowPasser domesticus
RobinErithacus rubecula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
DunnockPrunella modularis
JackdawColoeus monedula
Coal TitPeriparus ater
MagpiePica pica
Great TitParus major
Red KiteMilvus milvus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa

🦌

Mammals1 species

summer

2025

Brown Hare

Brown HareLepus europaeus

🐝

Insects1 species

summer

2025

Common Red Soldier Beetle

Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva

🌿

Plants127 species

winter

2025

Common Chickweed · Common Ragwort · Red Clover · Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum · Italian Rye-grass +122

Common ChickweedStellaria media
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum
Italian Rye-grassLolium multiflorum
Hidcote ComfreySymphytum x hidcotense 'Hidcote Blue'
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
Bush VetchVicia sepium
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
NipplewortLapsana communis
Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
YewTaxus baccata
Rue-leaved SaxifrageSaxifraga tridactylites
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca
Winter-cressBarbarea vulgaris
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium
Alchemilla filicaulis subsp. vestitaAlchemilla filicaulis subsp. vestita
Field MapleAcer campestre
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Wayfaring-treeViburnum lantana
Musk Stork's-billErodium moschatum
Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum
Grey Field-speedwellVeronica polita
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum
Dog-roseRosa canina
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
ElderSambucus nigra
Garden PrivetLigustrum ovalifolium
Common MallowMalva sylvestris
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Silver BirchBetula pendula
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Asplenium trichomanes subsp. quadrivalensAsplenium trichomanes subsp. quadrivalens
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus
HollyIlex aquifolium
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Garden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacum
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Euphorbia amygdaloides subsp. robbiaeEuphorbia amygdaloides subsp. robbiae
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Common DuckweedLemna minor
Tufted VetchVicia cracca
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Druce's Crane's-billGeranium endressii x versicolor = G. x oxonianum
IvyHedera helix
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
Rusty-Back FernAsplenium ceterach
HazelCorylus avellana
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
HawkweedHieracium
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
YarrowAchillea millefolium
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
DandelionTaraxacum
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Keeled-fruited CornsaladValerianella carinata
Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
Common CouchElymus repens
Red CampionSilene dioica
Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa
White Dead-nettleLamium album
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
AshFraxinus excelsior
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Trailing BellflowerCampanula poscharskyana
AubretiaAubrieta deltoidea
Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare
Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica
White CloverTrifolium repens
Caucasian-StonecropPhedimus spurius
Wilson's HoneysuckleLonicera nitida
Common VetchVicia sativa
CleaversGalium aparine
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Sweet VioletViola odorata
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
Wild OnionAllium vineale
DaisyBellis perennis
Japanese HoneysuckleLonicera japonica
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Yellow CorydalisPseudofumaria lutea
Wild MarjoramOriganum vulgare
DogwoodCornus sanguinea
Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare