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Island Plantation

50 ha

📷 Wikipedia · Butler Island Plantation · CC BY-SA 3.0

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Free entryDogs welcome50 ha

Getting here

52.53020, 0.63014

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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

7 activities

Bird watching

Reedbeds — bitterns, marsh harriers, bearded tits and reed warblers; Birds — Moorhen, Wren, Woodpigeon +83 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

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

Free

Insect spotting

Lowland meadows — marbled white, meadow brown and pollinating insects; Insects — Parasyrphus punctulatus, Polymerus (Poeciloscytus) unifasciatus, Cabbage Bug +51 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Spanish Catchfly, Proliferous Pink, Kidney Vetch +20 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Spanish Catchfly, Proliferous Pink, Kidney Vetch +20 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Hogweed, Thyme-leaved Sandwort, Pedunculate Oak

Varies

Waterside walks

Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

12 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
The BrecksWalking route
Named route
Lynford Stag WalkWalking route
Named routeLocal walking route
Green Walk (Easy Access)Walking route
Named routeLocal walking route
Blue WalkWalking route
Named routeLocal walking route
Desert Rats Memorial WalkWalking route
Named route
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Cycling

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Regional Route 30 (alternative)Cycling route
Named routeRef (30)Regional cycle route
Rebellion WayCycling route373 km
Named routeRef RebelLength 373 kmRound tripRegional cycle route
N/ACycling route19 km
Named routeLength 19 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Butler Island Plantation

📷 Wikipedia · Butler Island Plantation · CC BY-SA 3.0

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦LYNFORD HALLHistoric site4.1 km→🐄Brown's RestaurantVisitor farm2.9 km→⛪St Leonard's ChurchReligious grounds2.5 km→⛪St Andrew's ChurchReligious grounds3.2 km→✦Lynford Arboretum FollyHistoric site4.1 km→✦Bowl barrow in Mount Ephraim Plantation, 770m north west of Field BarnHistoric site4.3 km→

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