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Highthorn Allotment Gardens

📷 Mick Garratt · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessDogs welcome

Getting here

52.75249, -1.16546

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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

  • 🐕Dogs welcome
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Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Mushroom foraging

Fungi — Turkeytail, Yellow Brain, Lecanora chlarotera s. lat. +68 more · last seen 2026; Fungi — Turkeytail, Yellow Brain, Lecanora chlarotera s. lat. +68 more · last seen 2026

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Insect spotting

Insects — Large Yellow Underwing, Field Grasshopper, Lesser Marsh Grasshopper +284 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Large Yellow Underwing, Field Grasshopper, Lesser Marsh Grasshopper +284 more · last seen 2026

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Robin, Blue Tit, Goldfinch +17 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Blue Tit, Goldfinch +17 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Fungi — Oyster Mushroom, Jelly Ear, Coesyn Melfed +11 more foraging species

Varies

Seasonal nature

Plants — Sweet Violet, Hazel, Hart's-Tongue +20 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Sweet Violet, Hazel, Hart's-Tongue +20 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

2 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Leicestershire RoundWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
National Forest WayWalking route
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Cycling

30 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Loughborough Cycle Network Route 2Cycling route
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Route 6Cycling route
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Wildlife to spot

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📷 Mick Garratt · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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