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Jingleby Thorn Plantation

✦ Ancient woodland521 ha

📷 Christopher Hilton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome521 ha

Getting here

54.30643, -0.63110

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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
  • 🚴Start cycling visits early on summer days — trails are best before the heat builds via Dalby Forest Green Route
  • 🐕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
  • 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
  • 🌳Large woodland — room to roam
Parking· Free

Best for

12 activities

Mountain biking

4 MTB/downhill trail(s); Named MTB route nearby: Dalby Forest Green Route

Varies

Wildlife

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

Free

Dog walks

Dogs allowed — woodland with marked walking trails

Free

Trail running

1 running route(s)

Free

Forest walks

6 marked walking trail(s)

Free

Hiking

Marked walking trails totalling 41.8 km; Named hiking route nearby: Tabular Hills Walk

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

4 signed routes nearby · 24 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Pexton TrailWalking route
Named routeRef PextonLocal walking route
Dalby Beck Red TrailWalking route
Named routeRef Red TrailLocal walking route
Tabular Hills WalkWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
The Inn WayWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
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Mountain biking

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Moors to SeaMountain bike route
Named route
Dalby Forest Back RouteMountain bike route
Named routeRegional cycle route
Dalby Forest Red RouteMountain bike route
Named routeRef Red
Dalby Forest Green RouteMountain bike route
Named routeRef Green
Dalby Forest Blue RouteMountain bike route
Named routeRef Blue
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Horse riding

7 public paths nearby

Public paths
Red 20bridleway · 483 m

Fire road.

Public pathbridlewayLength 483 mSurface dirtPath type: track

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Path down Dargate Slack, Dalby Forest

📷 Christopher Hilton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Path down Dargate Slack, Dalby Forest

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱Adderstone FieldUrban park1.3 km→✦Thompson's Rigg cairnfield, including a platform cairn, round burial cairns, hollow ways, a standing stone, associated round barrows and a ring cairnHistoric site1.9 km→✦Prehistoric linear boundary in Dalby Forest, known as Dargate DikesHistoric site500 m→✦Embanked pit alignments, linear earthworks, round barrows and cairns on Ebberston Low MoorHistoric site1.8 km→✦Three embanked pit alignments and segments of a linear boundary and a medieval hollow way, 300m west of Givendale Head FarmHistoric site3.4 km→✦Part of a warrening enclosure 470m south east of High Rigg FarmHistoric site3.5 km→

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Nearby reservoirs

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Staindale Lake

Medium1.3 km→
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Red House Crosscliff

Low1.4 km→

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