Parr's Plantation - Mixed woodland
3 ha
Plan your visit
🦋Insects🦅Birds🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
50.74525, -1.97060
Open directionsv
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🛝Playground 173m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🛝Playground 173m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland heathland — silver-studded blue and heath fritillary butterflies
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Lowland heathland — Dartford warblers, nightjars and stonechats
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Ferndown, Stour and Forest TrailWalking route▾
Castleman TrailwayWalking route26.5 km▾
Named routeRef CTLength 26.5 kmLocal walking route
Stour Valley WayWalking route100 km▾
Named routeRef SVWLength 100 kmRegional walking route
Poole Coast PathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Bourne Valley Greenway walkWalking route▾
Named routeRef BVGLocal walking route
160 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cycleway Poole to WarehamCycling route▾
Named routeRef C3Local cycle route
Route 2Cycling route▾
National Cycle Route 2 Christchurch to Axminster
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
Poole Harbour Trails - CCycling route▾
Named routeRef pht-cLocal cycle route
Poole to FerndownCycling route▾
Named routeRef S5Local cycle route
C7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C7Local cycle route
Turbary LinkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
54,628 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
54,628 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMute Swan · Great Crested Grebe · Grey Heron · Coot · Tufted Duck +26
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- CootFulica atra
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Red Fox
Yellow-bellied Slider
- Yellow-bellied SliderTrachemys scripta subsp. scripta
Eristalis pertinax · Marmalade Hoverfly · Syrphus · Epistrophe eligans · Meliscaeva auricollis +13
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Melanostoma scalare
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
54,628 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMute Swan · Great Crested Grebe · Grey Heron · Coot · Tufted Duck +26
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- CootFulica atra
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Red Fox
Yellow-bellied Slider
- Yellow-bellied SliderTrachemys scripta subsp. scripta
Eristalis pertinax · Marmalade Hoverfly · Syrphus · Epistrophe eligans · Meliscaeva auricollis +13
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Melanostoma scalare
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Melanostoma scalare
Melanostoma scalare
EupeodesEupeodesEupeodesEupeodesEupeodes lunigerEupeodes lunigerEupeodes lunigerEupeodes lunigerPlatycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanusHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusPlatycheirusPlatycheirusPlatycheirusPlatycheirusDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorSyrphus torvusSyrphus torvusSyrphus torvusSyrphus torvusCheilosia grossaCheilosia grossaCheilosia grossaCheilosia grossaPhaonia subventaPhaonia subventaPhaonia subventaPhaonia subventaHelina evectaHelina evectaHelina evectaHelina evectaDock BugCoreus marginatusDock BugCoreus marginatus