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Hyde Park Plantation

7 ha

📷 Evelyn Simak · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome7 ha

Getting here

52.86879, 0.66569

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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
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Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Oystercatcher, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +66 more · last seen 2024; Birds — Oystercatcher, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +66 more · last seen 2024

Free

Mushroom foraging

Fungi — Diploicia canescens, Common Orange Lichen, Phaeophyscia orbicularis +48 more · last seen 2014; Fungi — Diploicia canescens, Common Orange Lichen, Phaeophyscia orbicularis +48 more · last seen 2014

Varies

Insect spotting

Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Common Darter, Brimstone +164 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Common Darter, Brimstone +164 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Plants — Great Plait-moss, Common Feather-moss, Silky Wall Feather-moss +6 more · last seen 2018; Plants — Great Plait-moss, Common Feather-moss, Silky Wall Feather-moss +6 more · last seen 2018

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

2 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Houghton CircularWalking route4.5 km

This route circles one of Norfolk's most important Bronze Age landscapes.

Named routeLength 4.5 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Peddars WayWalking route74 km
Named routeLength 74 kmNational walking route
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Cycling

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Ringstead Explorer LoopCycling route
Named routeRegional cycle route
Bircham Cycle RouteCycling route10.5 km
Named routeLength 10.5 kmRound tripLocal cycle route
Ringstead Cycle RouteCycling route27.3 km
Named routeLength 27.3 kmRound tripLocal cycle route
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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
Peddars Way Cycle RouteMountain bike route83.6 km

The Peddars Way with suggested detours to avoid footpath-only sections.

Named routeLength 83.6 kmNational Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Small building on the edge of Polish Plantation

📷 Evelyn Simak · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Small building on the edge of Polish Plantation

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦HOUGHTON HALLHistoric site5 km→✦Lovat Scouts' First World War training trenches, DockingHistoric site1 km→✦Group of four bowl barrows 600m south west of Buildings FarmHistoric site3.4 km→✦Saucer barrow on Coxford Heath, 480m south west of Highfield HouseHistoric site4.8 km→⛪All Saints ChurchReligious grounds3.5 km→⛪St Mary's ChurchReligious grounds3.9 km→

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