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First Dale Plantation

13 ha

📷 Jonathan Thacker · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome13 ha

Getting here

53.94590, -0.69605

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • 🐦85+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Mallard
  • 🌿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

5 activities

Bird watching

Birds — Woodpigeon, Mallard, Moorhen +82 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Mallard, Moorhen +82 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

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

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Suillia bicolor, Tephrochlamys rufiventris, Syrphus ribesii +5 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Suillia bicolor, Tephrochlamys rufiventris, Syrphus ribesii +5 more · last seen 2024

Free

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

5 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Yorkshire Wolds WayWalking route127 km
Named routeLength 127 kmNational walking route
Minster WayWalking route80 km
Named routeLength 80 kmRegional walking route
Wilberforce WayWalking route97 km
Named routeLength 97 kmRegional walking route
Chalkland WayWalking route59 km
Named routeRef N28Length 59 kmRegional walking route
Pilgrimage of GraceWalking route
Named routeLocal walking route
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Cycling

28 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Route 66Cycling route
Named routeRef 66National Cycle Network
Yorkshire Wolds Cycle RouteCycling route
Named routeRound tripNational Cycle Network
Way of the Roses Cycle RouteCycling route
Named routeRef WoRNational Cycle Network
NCN National Route 167Cycling route
Named routeRef 167National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 164Cycling route
Named routeRef 164National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route2.6 km
Named routeRef 164Length 2.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Tip above First Dale Plantation

📷 Jonathan Thacker · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Tip above First Dale Plantation

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱St Helen's ChurchUrban park3.1 km→🦉MILLINGTON WOODNature reserve3.5 km→✦Ousethorpe medieval settlement, moat and mill 310m south of Ousethorpe FarmHistoric site4.4 km→✦Section of linear boundary dyke on Cow Moor, Millington DaleHistoric site3.1 km→✦Sections of single and multiple linear boundary dykes on Huggate Pasture and Frendal DaleHistoric site4.9 km→✦Section of linear boundary dyke between Sylvan Dale and Warren Farm, north west of Coldwold FarmHistoric site2 km→

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