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Fetches Plantation

2 ha

📷 Bob Jones · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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WildlifeForagingSeasonal
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha

Getting here

52.19105, 0.49430

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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
  • 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
  • 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Foraging

Plants — Raspberry Bryum, Hawthorn, Common Chickweed +17 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Plants — Crescent-cup Liverwort, Intermediate Screw-moss, Cuspidate Earth-moss +203 more · last seen 2023; Plants — Crescent-cup Liverwort, Intermediate Screw-moss, Cuspidate Earth-moss +203 more · last seen 2023

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Jackdaw, Wren, Great Tit +44 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Jackdaw, Wren, Great Tit +44 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Large White +30 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Large White +30 more · last seen 2024

Free

Mushroom foraging

Fungi — Golovinomyces cynoglossi s. lat., Orchard Toothcrust · last seen 2020; Fungi — Golovinomyces cynoglossi s. lat., Orchard Toothcrust · last seen 2020

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

2 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
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
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Mountain biking

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

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Footpath to Upend

📷 Bob Jones · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦Lidgate Castle and C16 Fortified Manorial ComplexHistoric site1.6 km→✦Moated Sites, Earthworks, and Ponds at Kirtling TowerHistoric site1.9 km→🌱Seven Elms GreenUrban park2.9 km→🌱Seven Elms GreenUrban park2.9 km→✦Moated site in Beeton's PlantationHistoric site3 km→✦Moated site at Fairstead FarmHistoric site3.8 km→

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