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Pridley Plantations

12 ha

📷 Lewis Clarke · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome12 ha

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50.96719, -3.06084

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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
🐕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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Strong match

Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Mammals — Hazel Dormouse, Wood Mouse · last seen 2024

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Ringlet +27 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Ringlet +27 more · last seen 2025

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Good match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

7 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Channel to ChannelWalking route

Named routeRef CCRegional walking route

Herepath Trail - Castle NerocheWalking route

Named routeRef HTnLocal walking route

Herepath Trail - ThurlbearWalking route

Named routeRef HTbLocal walking route

Staple Fitzpaine HerepathWalking route

Named routeRef SFHLocal walking route

East Deane WayWalking route

Named routeRef EDWRegional walking route

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Cycling

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 33Cycling route

Named routeRef 33National Cycle Network

Alternative RouteCycling route15.6 km

Named routeRef 33Length 15.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

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Horse riding

4 public paths nearby

Public paths

Harepathbridleway · 1 km

Public pathbridlewayLength 1 kmSurface dirtPath type: bridleway

Wildlife to spot

13,883 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

13,883 records · National Biodiversity Network

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Hazel Dormouse

Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius

🐝

Insects15 species

autumn

2025

Small White · Large White · Green-veined White · Meadow Brown · Comma +10

Small WhitePieris rapae2024
Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
CommaPolygonia c-album2024
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2024

🌿

Plants98 species

summer

2025

Hemp-agrimony · Wild Madder · Black Bryony · Common Knapweed · Stinking Iris +93

Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum
Wild MadderRubia peregrina
Black BryonyTamus communis
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
Stinking IrisIris foetidissima
Great HorsetailEquisetum telmateia
Hedge BedstrawGalium album
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
DandelionTaraxacum
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria
DogwoodCornus sanguinea
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
AshFraxinus excelsior
Strawberry CloverTrifolium fragiferum
HazelCorylus avellana
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Field MapleAcer campestre
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
Field-roseRosa arvensis
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca
HollyIlex aquifolium
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Norway SprucePicea abies
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Common BentAgrostis capillaris
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
WoodruffGalium odoratum
Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa
Hairy Wood-rushLuzula pilosa
YarrowAchillea millefolium
IvyHedera helix
Hoary RagwortJacobaea erucifolia
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
Burnet-saxifragePimpinella saxifraga
Stone ParsleySison amomum
Goat WillowSalix caprea
DewberryRubus caesius
Hawkweed OxtonguePicris hieracioides
Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca
Tufted VetchVicia cracca
Rubus ulmifoliusRubus ulmifolius
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus
Scots PinePinus sylvestris
Zigzag CloverTrifolium medium
Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum
Ulmus minorUlmus minor
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris
Wych ElmUlmus glabra
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Common VetchVicia sativa
BrambleRubus fruticosus
NipplewortLapsana communis
Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Dwarf ElderSambucus ebulus
BeechFagus sylvatica
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Tragopogon pratensis subsp. minorTragopogon pratensis subsp. minor
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
Hairy St John's-wortHypericum hirsutum
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Bush VetchVicia sepium
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
TutsanHypericum androsaemum
Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis
ElderSambucus nigra
Wild CherryPrunus avium
Hairy-bromeBromopsis ramosa
Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Hard RushJuncus inflexus
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
Lesser BurdockArctium minus
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
SkullcapScutellaria galericulata
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Common NettleUrtica dioica

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

13,883 records · National Biodiversity Network

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Hazel Dormouse

Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius

🐝

Insects15 species

autumn

2025

Small White · Large White · Green-veined White · Meadow Brown · Comma +10

Small WhitePieris rapae2024
Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
CommaPolygonia c-album2024
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2024

🌿

Plants98 species

summer

2025

Hemp-agrimony · Wild Madder · Black Bryony · Common Knapweed · Stinking Iris +93

Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum
Wild MadderRubia peregrina
Black BryonyTamus communis
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
Stinking IrisIris foetidissima
Great HorsetailEquisetum telmateia
Hedge BedstrawGalium album
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
DandelionTaraxacum
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria
DogwoodCornus sanguinea
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
AshFraxinus excelsior
Strawberry CloverTrifolium fragiferum
HazelCorylus avellana
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Field MapleAcer campestre
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
Field-roseRosa arvensis
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca
HollyIlex aquifolium
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Norway SprucePicea abies
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Common BentAgrostis capillaris
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
WoodruffGalium odoratum
Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa
Hairy Wood-rushLuzula pilosa
YarrowAchillea millefolium
IvyHedera helix
Hoary RagwortJacobaea erucifolia
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
Burnet-saxifragePimpinella saxifraga
Stone ParsleySison amomum
Goat WillowSalix caprea
DewberryRubus caesius
Hawkweed OxtonguePicris hieracioides
Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca
Tufted VetchVicia cracca
Rubus ulmifoliusRubus ulmifolius
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus
Scots PinePinus sylvestris
Zigzag CloverTrifolium medium
Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum
Ulmus minorUlmus minor
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris
Wych ElmUlmus glabra
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Common VetchVicia sativa
BrambleRubus fruticosus
NipplewortLapsana communis
Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Dwarf ElderSambucus ebulus
BeechFagus sylvatica
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Tragopogon pratensis subsp. minorTragopogon pratensis subsp. minor
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
Hairy St John's-wortHypericum hirsutum
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Bush VetchVicia sepium
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
TutsanHypericum androsaemum
Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis
ElderSambucus nigra
Wild CherryPrunus avium
Hairy-bromeBromopsis ramosa
Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Hard RushJuncus inflexus
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
Lesser BurdockArctium minus
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
SkullcapScutellaria galericulata
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Common NettleUrtica dioica

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Lewis Clarke · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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