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Heath Plantation

7 ha

📷 mike · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome7 ha

Getting here

52.29714, 0.46474

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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

6 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Woodpigeon, Rook, Magpie +31 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Rook, Magpie +31 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Field Grasshopper, Sphaerophoria scripta +302 more · last seen 2025; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Field Grasshopper, Sphaerophoria scripta +302 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Plants — Viper's-bugloss, Common Stork's-bill, Common Centaury +3 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Viper's-bugloss, Common Stork's-bill, Common Centaury +3 more · last seen 2025

Free

Forest walks

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Icknield Way PathWalking route169 km

long distance footpath 169 km

Named routeLength 169 kmRegional walking route
Lark Valley PathWalking route
Named routeListed length 24 kmLocal walking route
Freckenham Circular WalkWalking route
Named route
🚴

Cycling

13 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
NCN 51Cycling route
Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network
National Byway (through Ely)Cycling route
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route46 m
Named routeRef 51Length 46 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route595 m
Named routeRef 51Length 595 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route938 m
Named routeRef 51Length 938 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2 km
Named routeRef 51Length 2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
🚵

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

Round the bend

📷 mike · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦CHIPPENHAM HALLHistoric site1.9 km→🌱Chippenham Village Recreation GroundUrban park1.7 km→🌱Chippenham Childrens Play AreaUrban park1.9 km→✦Three bowl barrows 750m south west of Pin FarmHistoric site4.6 km→✦Lumber Hill bowl barrow, 720m ENE of Chippenham StudHistoric site700 m→🐄La Hogue Farm Shop & CaféVisitor farm1.5 km→

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