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Welsh's Plantation - Mixed woodland

3 ha

📷 Roger Templeman · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Getting here

51.59562, -1.37864

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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
  • ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
  • ☕The Grocer Chef — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
CaféParkingPlayground

Best for

9 activities

Playgrounds

playground, café, parking

Free

Family friendly

playground, café

Free

Dog walks

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Wildlife

Deciduous woodland priority habitat

Free

Bird watching

Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds

Free

Cycling

Named cycling route nearby: Route 544

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

2 signed routes nearby · 12 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
The RidgewayWalking route140 km
Named routeRef RWLength 140 kmNational walking route
The Vale WayWalking route43 km

Route through the Vale of White Horse in Oxfordshire, UK. (27 miles).

Named routeLength 43 kmLocal walking route
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Cycling

20 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Grove/King Alfred School (West)Cycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 544Cycling route
Named routeRef 544National Cycle Network
Wantage/GroveCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Vale Cycle LinksCycling route
Named route
Proposed Kingsgrove to Wantage Town Centre Cycle RouteCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Wantage to Harwell Campus (Icknield Greenway)Cycling route
Named routeRef 1Local cycle route
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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
King Alfred's WayMountain bike route

King Alfreds Way is 350km (220 miles) off road route designed to be ridden clockwise. It starts & ends in Winchester. It is suitable for gravel or cross-country bikes.

Named routeRegional cycle route
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Horse riding

1 public path nearby

Public paths
Ardington Lanebridleway · 563 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 563 mSurface asphaltPath type: service

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Benchmark on culvert top at Ardington turnoff from A417

📷 Roger Templeman · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Benchmark on culvert top at Ardington turnoff from A417

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱Kingsgrove Woodland WalkUrban park1.6 km→✦Grove Millennium StoneHistoric site3.5 km→🌱Grove GreenUrban park3.5 km→🌱Manor Road Memorial ParkUrban park3.6 km→🌱Betjeman Millennium ParkUrban park3.7 km→🌱Betjeman Millennium ParkUrban park3.7 km→

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