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Over Green Plantation

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📷 Jonathan Thacker · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome1 ha

Getting here

52.55200, -1.74607

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • 🐦94+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Skylark
  • 🐕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
Walking trails

Best for

4 activities

Bird watching

Birds — Carrion Crow, Skylark, Woodpigeon +91 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Carrion Crow, Skylark, Woodpigeon +91 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

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

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Banded Demoiselle, Rutpela maculata · last seen 2023; Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Banded Demoiselle, Rutpela maculata · last seen 2023

Free

Forest walks

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Heart of England WayWalking route
Named routeListed length 161kmRegional walking route
Centenary WayWalking route
Named routeRef CWListed length 100 miRegional walking route
The Tame Way- Canal RouteWalking route19 km

Explore the views, history and wildlife of the Tame Valley Wetlands. Stretching between Birmingham and Tamworth is an extraordinary hidden landscape on the doorstep of over 1 million people. Sister walk to a river walk also ending at Hopwas. Duration ~5h

Named routeRef TW-CLength 19 kmPoint-to-pointLocal walking route
E2 hiking trail BirminghamWalking route
Named routeNational walking route
The Tame Way- River RouteWalking route29 km

Explore the views, history and wildlife of the Tame Valley Wetlands. Stretching between Birmingham and Tamworth is an extraordinary hidden landscape on the doorstep of over 1 million people. Sister walk to a canal walk also ending at Hopwas. Duration ~9h

Named routeRef TW-RLength 29 kmPoint-to-pointLocal walking route
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Cycling

66 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 533Cycling route
Named routeRef 533National Cycle Network
Northern Warwickshire CyclewayCycling route
Named routeRef Northern Warwickshire CyclewayRound tripRegional cycle route
Ward End RouteCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
New Hall Valley Cycle RouteCycling route
Named routeRef 534National Cycle Network
Connect2Cycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Godwin WayCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Prepared field and Over Green Plantation

📷 Jonathan Thacker · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Prepared field and Over Green Plantation

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🏞️KINGSBURY WATER PARKCountry park3.7 km→🌱Kingsbury Water ParkUrban park3.7 km→🌱New Hall Valley Country ParkUrban park4.1 km→🌱Newhall Valley Country ParkUrban park4.1 km→🌱Rectory ParkUrban park4.5 km→🌱Rectory ParkUrban park4.5 km→

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