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Goodlays Plantation

7 ha

📷 Derek Harper · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

WildlifeBirdsFungi
Free entryDogs welcome7 ha

Getting here

50.59643, -3.79563

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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
  • 🍄Mushroom 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

6 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Carrion Crow, Meadow Pipit, Chaffinch +68 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Carrion Crow, Meadow Pipit, Chaffinch +68 more · last seen 2025

Free

Mushroom foraging

Fungi — Grooved Bonnet, Felted Twiglet, Snapping Bonnet +63 more · last seen 2023; Fungi — Grooved Bonnet, Felted Twiglet, Snapping Bonnet +63 more · last seen 2023

Varies

Insect spotting

Insects — Bloody-nosed Beetle, Tipula fulvipennis, Sericomyia silentis +26 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Bloody-nosed Beetle, Tipula fulvipennis, Sericomyia silentis +26 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Fungi — Beech Knight, Wood Hedgehog, Hazel Bracket +1 more foraging species

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Forest walks

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Two Moors WayWalking route
Named routeRef MWListed length 166Regional walking route
Templer WayWalking route
Named routeRef TWRegional walking route
Dartmoor WayWalking route
Named routeRef DWRegional walking route
Yarner Wood Nature TrailWalking route
Named routeRef YWLocal walking route
Moretonhampstead North Bovey CircularWalking route
Named routeRef MNBLocal cycle route
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Cycling

9 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
NCN272Cycling route
Named routeRef 272National Cycle Network
Route 28Cycling route
Named routeRef 28National Cycle Network
Dartmoor Way (Cycle)Cycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Wray Valley TrailCycling route
Named routeRef WVTLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route546 m
Named routeRef 272Length 546 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route5.5 km
Named routeRef 272Length 5.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Hedge Barton from Chinkwell Tor

📷 Derek Harper · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Hedge Barton from Chinkwell Tor

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Nearby places

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🌱Widecombe GreenUrban park2.4 km→✦Prehistoric and medieval settlements and their field systems at Hound TorHistoric site1.5 km→⚽North Hall Sports and Recreation GroundPlaying field2.4 km→⛪St Pancras ChurchReligious grounds2.4 km→✦Medieval strip field system, tinworks, part of a prehistoric settlement, a cairn and reave on Challacombe DownHistoric site4.1 km→✦Grimspound, a partially enclosed prehistoric settlement with field system and two post-medieval caches between Hookney Tor and Hameldown TorHistoric site3.5 km→

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