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Pond Field Plantation

4 ha

📷 Robin Webster · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome4 ha

Getting here

51.70307, 0.07981

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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

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Great Tit +67 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Great Tit +67 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Small White, Green-veined White, Speckled Wood +82 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Small White, Green-veined White, Speckled Wood +82 more · last seen 2025

Free

Mushroom foraging

Fungi — Common Inkcap, Bolbitiaceae · last seen 2020; Fungi — Common Inkcap, Bolbitiaceae · last seen 2020

Varies

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Plants — Yellow-rattle, Heath Plait-moss, Holly +5 more · last seen 2023; Plants — Yellow-rattle, Heath Plait-moss, Holly +5 more · last seen 2023

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

9 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Three Forests WayWalking route96 km
Named routeLength 96 kmRound tripRegional walking route
Epping Forest Big WalkWalking route
Named routeLocal walking route
Beech TrailWalking route
Named routeLocal walking route
Greenwich Meridian TrailWalking route440 km

A long-distance walk that follows the line of the Prime Meridian. Inaugurated in 2009, to coincide with the 125th anniversary of the Greenwich Meridian.

Named routeRef GMTLength 440 kmRegional walking route
Forest WayWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
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Cycling

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 7Cycling route
Named routeRef EV2International cycle route
NCN National Route 1Cycling route
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.5 km
Named routeRef 1Length 1.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route399 m
Named routeRef 1Length 399 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route4.9 km
Named routeRef 1Length 4.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Coniferous plantation north of Copped Hall

📷 Robin Webster · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Coniferous plantation north of Copped Hall

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🦉PARNDON WOODS & COMMONNature reserve4.2 km→✦COPPED HALLHistoric site1.5 km→🌱Bell CommonUrban park2 km→🌱Warlies ParkUrban park2.3 km→🌱Theydon GreenUrban park3.8 km→🌱Lower Swaines Recreation GroundUrban park1.6 km→

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