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Long Plantation

6 ha

📷 Rodney Burton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome6 ha

Getting here

52.05895, 0.13173

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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

6 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Red-legged Partridge +65 more · last seen 2024; Birds — Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Red-legged Partridge +65 more · last seen 2024

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Hairy Violet, Hedgerow Crane's-bill, Nipplewort +63 more · last seen 2016; Plants — Hairy Violet, Hedgerow Crane's-bill, Nipplewort +63 more · last seen 2016

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Small White, Meadow Brown, Ringlet +39 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Small White, Meadow Brown, Ringlet +39 more · last seen 2024

Free

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Lesser Hawkbit, Bramble, Hogweed +4 more foraging species

Varies

Forest walks

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Icknield Way PathWalking route169 km

long distance footpath 169 km

Named routeLength 169 kmRegional walking route
Harcamlow WayWalking route
Named routeRef HARRegional walking route
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Cycling

34 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
National Byway (Cambridgeshire)Cycling route

National Byway route through Cambridgeshire

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
NCN National Route 11Cycling route
Named routeRef 11National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route2.9 km
Named routeRef 11Length 2.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route40 m
Named routeRef 11Length 40 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route789 m
Named routeRef 11Length 789 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route24 m
Named routeRef 11Length 24 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
Icknield Way Cycle TrailMountain bike route226 km

This is the off-road or mountain cycling route of the Icknield Way Trail.

Named routeLength 226 kmRegional cycle route
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Horse riding

1 public path nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Long Plantation, Ickleton, Cambs

📷 Rodney Burton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Long Plantation, Ickleton, Cambs

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Useful places within 5 km

✦Bran Ditch: an Anglo-Saxon bank and ditch between Fowlmere and Heydon, including an Anglo-Saxon burial ground, a section of medieval lynchet and an Iron Age enclosureHistoric site4.7 km→🌱Brewery Field Community Green SpaceUrban park4.2 km→🌱Horse River GreenUrban park4.6 km→✦Roman settlement S of Chronicle HillsHistoric site4.9 km→🌱All Saints' ChurchUrban park4.4 km→✦Mill HillHistoric site3 km→

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