Common Plantation - Mixed woodland
2 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
52.79246, -1.53887
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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ 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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Red WalkWalking route3.8 km▾
Named routeLength 3.8 km
Trent Valley WayWalking route304 km▾
Named routeLength 304 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Ivanhoe WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
National Forest WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Blue WalkWalking route2.3 km▾
Named routeLength 2.3 km
52 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
Route 54Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 54National Cycle Network
Conkers CircuitCycling route▾
Named routeRef Conkers CircuitRound tripLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route32 m▾
Named routeRef 63Length 32 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface pavementslabs
Main RouteCycling route446 m▾
Named routeRef 63Length 446 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route136 m▾
Named routeRef 63Length 136 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
The Tramway TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef The Tramway Trail
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
16,237 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
16,237 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Magpie · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Black-headed Gull +2
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
🐝Insects3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Orange Ladybird · Lesser Marsh Grasshopper · 22-spot Ladybird
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Ribwort Plantain · Wood Avens · Sycamore · Hazel · Broad-leaved Dock +122
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- NipplewortLapsana communis
- Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
16,237 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Magpie · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Black-headed Gull +2
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
🐝Insects3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Orange Ladybird · Lesser Marsh Grasshopper · 22-spot Ladybird
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Ribwort Plantain · Wood Avens · Sycamore · Hazel · Broad-leaved Dock +122
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- NipplewortLapsana communis
- Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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