Cross Plantation
✦ Ancient woodland1,144 ha
Plan your visit
🚵Mountain bikes🦉Wildlife🚲Cycling
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1,144 ha
Getting here
54.27543, -0.65705
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
- 🚴Start cycling visits early on summer days — trails are best before the heat builds via Dalby Forest Blue Route
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🚴Start cycling visits early on summer days — trails are best before the heat builds via Dalby Forest Blue Route
- 🐕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
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
- 🌳Large woodland — room to roam
🚵Mountain biking
Very strong match
39 MTB/downhill trail(s); Named MTB route nearby: Dalby Forest Blue Route
Varies
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🐶Dog walks
Very strong match
Dogs allowed — woodland with marked walking trails
Free
🏃Trail running
Very strong match
2 running route(s)
Free
🌲Forest walks
Very strong match
9 marked walking trail(s)
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 48 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Pexton TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef PextonLocal walking route
Dalby Beck Red TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef Red TrailLocal walking route
Tabular Hills WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
The Inn WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Dalby Forest Drivepublic footpath · 868 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 868 mSurface asphaltPath type: service
Overscar Lanepublic footpath · 62 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 62 mPath type: track
Dalby Forest Drivepublic footpath · 610 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 610 mSurface asphaltPath type: service
5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Moors to SeaMountain bike route▾
Dalby Forest Back RouteMountain bike route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Dalby Forest Red RouteMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Red
Dalby Forest Green RouteMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Green
Dalby Forest Blue RouteMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Blue
37 public paths nearby
Public paths
White Cliff Riggbridleway · 294 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 294 mPath type: track
Sand Dalebridleway · 928 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 928 mSurface gravelPath type: track
Overscar Lanebridleway · 205 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 205 mSurface gravelPath type: track
Overscar Lanebridleway · 81 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 81 mSurface gravelPath type: track
Red 4bridleway · 616 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 616 mSurface dirtPath type: track
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Wildlife to spot
3,599 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,599 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Robin · Wren · Goldcrest · Chaffinch · Blue Tit +37
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Great TitParus major2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2023
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Slow-worm
Cercopis vulnerata · Southern Hawker · 7-spot Ladybird · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Violet Ground Beetle +3
- Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2024
- Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata2024
Coltsfoot · Hogweed · Ribwort Plantain · Selfheal · Hedge Woundwort +39
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
- Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- DaisyBellis perennis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,599 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Robin · Wren · Goldcrest · Chaffinch · Blue Tit +37
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Great TitParus major2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2023
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Slow-worm
Cercopis vulnerata · Southern Hawker · 7-spot Ladybird · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Violet Ground Beetle +3
- Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2024
- Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata2024
Coltsfoot · Hogweed · Ribwort Plantain · Selfheal · Hedge Woundwort +39
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
- Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- DaisyBellis perennis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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