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Long Plantation

11 ha

📷 Toby · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

WildlifeBirdsFungi
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome11 ha

Getting here

50.90816, -2.10958

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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
  • 🍄Mushroom 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
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Best for

9 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Hawfinch, Kestrel, Corn Bunting +56 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Hawfinch, Kestrel, Corn Bunting +56 more · last seen 2025

Free

Mushroom foraging

Fungi — Common Puffball, Lemon Disco, Grooved Bonnet +118 more · last seen 2024; Fungi — Common Puffball, Lemon Disco, Grooved Bonnet +118 more · last seen 2024

Varies

Insect spotting

Insects — Brimstone, Small White, Peacock +91 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Brimstone, Small White, Peacock +91 more · last seen 2024

Free

Dog walks

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Foraging

Fungi — Coesyn Melfed, Jelly Ear, Madarch y Coed +8 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

4 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Shire RackWalking route

Path following the Dorset-Wiltshire border

Named route
Wessex RidgewayWalking route
Named routeRef WRRegional walking route
Jubilee Trail (Dorset)Walking route
Named routeRegional walking route
The Hardy WayWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
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Cycling

8 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Route 25Cycling route
Named routeRef 25National Cycle Network
National BywayCycling route
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
North Dorset Cycle WayCycling route
Named routeRegional cycle route
National Byway Dorset LoopCycling route
Named routeRef NB LoopLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route536 m
Named routeRef 25Length 536 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route3.3 km
Named routeRef 25Length 3.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
Wessex Ridgeway TrailMountain bike route
Named routeListed length 207km
🐴

Horse riding

6 public paths nearby

Public paths
May Lanebridleway · 292 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 292 mSurface gravelPath type: service
May Lanebridleway · 794 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 794 mSurface dirtPath type: bridleway

Wildlife to spot

Photos

View of Long Plantation from Barton Hill Dairy

📷 Toby · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

View of Long Plantation from Barton Hill Dairy

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦EASTBURYHistoric site1.2 km→✦Romano-British settlement and two bowl barrows on Blandford Race Down 450m south east of Telegraph ClumpHistoric site2.9 km→✦Long barrow and a round barrow cemetery at Telegraph Clump on Blandford Race DownHistoric site2.7 km→✦Medieval standing cross 50m east of St Peter's ChurchHistoric site3.3 km→✦Pimperne Long BarrowHistoric site1.7 km→✦Harbin's Park, a medieval deer park paleHistoric site2.5 km→

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