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Long Plantation

10 ha

📷 Evelyn Simak · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome10 ha

Getting here

52.72342, 1.28100

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
  • 🌿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
Parking· Free

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Robin, Carrion Crow, Song Thrush +54 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Carrion Crow, Song Thrush +54 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Plants — Wood-sorrel, Rowan, Common Nettle +28 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Plants — Purple Moor-grass, Wood-sorrel, Heather +350 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Purple Moor-grass, Wood-sorrel, Heather +350 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Glow-worm, Green Tiger Beetle, Sericomyia silentis +41 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Glow-worm, Green Tiger Beetle, Sericomyia silentis +41 more · last seen 2025

Free

Forest walks

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Oxnead CircularWalking route2.5 km

Oxnead: Visual Vistas / A circular 2.5 mile walk through magical broadland countryside and beside a beautiful stretch of the River Bure, where kingfishers and barn owls can be seen.

Named routeLength 2.5 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Marriott's WayWalking route42 km

Norwich to Aylsham via Reepham on disused railway

Named routeRef MWLength 42 kmRegional walking route
Walsingham WayWalking route61 km
Named routeLength 61 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Cross-Norfolk TrailWalking route96 km

King’s Lynn to Great Yarmouth

Named routeLength 96 kmPoint-to-pointRhn
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Cycling

14 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route

Norwich - Lincoln

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
NCN National Route 1Cycling route
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Bure Valley PathCycling route
Named routeRef BVPLocal cycle route
Rebellion WayCycling route373 km
Named routeRef RebelLength 373 kmRound tripRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route44 m
Named routeRef 1Length 44 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route52 m
Named routeLength 52 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

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Long Plantation

📷 Evelyn Simak · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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🐄Hillside Animal SanctuaryVisitor farm4 km→✦Roman settlement at BramptonHistoric site4.6 km→🌱Broadland Country ParkUrban park4.1 km→⛪St Margaret's ChurchReligious grounds1.8 km→⛪St Andrew's ChurchReligious grounds4.1 km→⛪All Saints' ChurchReligious grounds700 m→

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