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Hill Plantation

12 ha

📷 Keith Edkins · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome12 ha

Getting here

52.13899, 0.01090

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Carrion Crow +56 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Carrion Crow +56 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Small Heath +51 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Small Heath +51 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Common Bird's-foot-trefoil, Wild Basil, Lesser Calamint +104 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Common Bird's-foot-trefoil, Wild Basil, Lesser Calamint +104 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Plants — Lesser Calamint, Wild Thyme, Hawthorn +7 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
🚶

Walking

24 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Lark Rise Farm Walks (Route 2 - Yellow Markers)Walking route2.8 km

A short circular walk around Lark Rise Farm fields, passing close to Bourn Brook and a small wood called The Spinney

Named routeLength 2.8 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Diamond Jubilee WalkWalking route4.8 km

A circular walk around Comberton to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee (1952-2012) of Queen Elizabeth ll

Named routeLength 4.8 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Wimpole WayWalking route20.7 km

A walk from Cambridge to Wimpole Hall through gently rolling countryside, historic villages and small areas of ancient woodland

Named routeLength 20.7 kmPoint-to-pointLocal walking route
Clopton WayWalking route17.7 km

This walk offers great views from the top an escarpment and passes through the now deserted medieval village of Clopton

Named routeLength 17.7 kmPoint-to-pointLocal walking route
Running Fox Walk 2Walking route2.7 km

A circular walk around meadows, fields and spinneys

Named routeLength 2.7 kmRound tripLocal walking route
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Cycling

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
National Byway (Cambridgeshire)Cycling route

National Byway route through Cambridgeshire

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Cambridge secondary cycle networkCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
🐴

Horse riding

2 public paths nearby

Public paths
Whole Waybyway open to all traffic · 953 m
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 953 mSurface unpavedPath type: track
Whole Waybyway open to all traffic · 1.1 km
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 1.1 kmSurface unpavedPath type: track

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Hill Plantation, Barrington

📷 Keith Edkins · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Hill Plantation, Barrington

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✦WIMPOLE HALLHistoric site4.1 km→🌱Wimpole EstateUrban park4.2 km→🌱All Saints' ChurchUrban park2.2 km→🐄Red pandasVisitor farm3.1 km→🐄AviariesVisitor farm3.2 km→🐄Ring-tailed LemurVisitor farm3.2 km→

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