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Keeper's Plantation

4 ha

📷 Alan Reid · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome4 ha

Getting here

52.94217, -0.73666

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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

5 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Yellowhammer, Blackbird, Jackdaw +36 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Yellowhammer, Blackbird, Jackdaw +36 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Small White, Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper +171 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Small White, Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper +171 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

2 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Jubilee Way (Leicestershire)Walking route
Named routeRegional walking route
Viking Way (Barnetby to Whitwell)Walking route
Named routeRegional walking route
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Cycling

33 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Route 64Cycling route
Named routeRef 64National Cycle Network
Route 15Cycling route
Named routeRef 15National Cycle Network
Alternative RouteCycling route173 m
Named routeRef 64Length 173 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route98 m
Named routeRef 15Length 98 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Alternative RouteCycling route251 m
Named routeRef 64Length 251 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Alternative RouteCycling route1.7 km
Named routeRef 64Length 1.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Glebe Farm ruins

📷 Alan Reid · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Glebe Farm ruins

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦Fleming's BridgeHistoric site4.3 km→✦Moated grange with fishpond at MustonHistoric site2.5 km→🌱Bottesford Friendly GardenUrban park3.9 km→⛪St John the Baptist's ChurchReligious grounds2.4 km→✦Muston village cross, 70m east of Mountain Ash FarmHistoric site2.7 km→⛪St Mary's ChurchReligious grounds4.2 km→

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