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Langton Brook Plantation

3 ha

📷 N Chadwick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome3 ha

Getting here

52.52263, -0.95518

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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
  • 🥾Walking is best here in early morning in summer — quiet trails and good light before the heat
  • 🐕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

5 activities

Bird watching

Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl

Free

Wildlife

Deciduous woodland priority habitat

Free

Waterside walks

Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking

Varies

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

Signed route nearby
Midshires WayWalking route370 km

Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail

Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
Leicestershire RoundWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
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Cycling

37 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Route 6Cycling route
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Route 64Cycling route
Named routeRef 64National Cycle Network
National Byway (Rutland)Cycling route

National Byway in Rutland

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route860 m
Named routeRef 6Length 860 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km
Named routeRef 6Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route86 m
Named routeRef 64Length 86 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface other

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Leicestershire Farmland

📷 N Chadwick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Leicestershire Farmland

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱The RecUrban park3.7 km→✦Gumley medieval settlement remains, rabbit warren and field systems, 600m south west of the Church of St HelenHistoric site4.2 km→✦LANGTON HALLHistoric site1.1 km→✦Gumley medieval settlement remains and field systems, 620m south east of the Church of St HelenHistoric site3.2 km→🌱The GreenUrban park4.9 km→✦Motte in Hall FieldHistoric site3.7 km→

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