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Punch Bowl Covert

5 ha

📷 Andrew Tatlow · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome5 ha

Getting here

52.70372, -0.85647

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Blackbird, Chiffchaff, Blue Tit +75 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackbird, Chiffchaff, Blue Tit +75 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Plants — Few-flowered Garlic, Thyme-leaved Speedwell, Mouse-ear-hawkweed +13 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Mushroom foraging

Fungi — Earthy Waxcap, Cap Cŵyr Parhaol, Scarlet Waxcap +8 more · last seen 2025; Fungi — Earthy Waxcap, Cap Cŵyr Parhaol, Scarlet Waxcap +8 more · last seen 2025

Varies

Seasonal nature

Plants — Few-flowered Garlic, Meadow Saxifrage, Wood Anemone +77 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Few-flowered Garlic, Meadow Saxifrage, Wood Anemone +77 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Holly Leaf Gall Fly, Hornet, Ringlet +34 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Holly Leaf Gall Fly, Hornet, Ringlet +34 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Jubilee Way (Leicestershire)Walking route
Named routeRegional walking route
Leicestershire RoundWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
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Cycling

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Route 64Cycling route
Named routeRef 64National Cycle Network
National Byway (Rutland)Cycling route

National Byway in Rutland

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
National Byway (Oakham Loop)Cycling route
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Route 63Cycling route
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route9.1 km
Named routeRef 63Length 9.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

Photos

View towards Buttermilk Spinney and Punch Bowl Covert

📷 Andrew Tatlow · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

View towards Buttermilk Spinney and Punch Bowl Covert

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦Site of St. Mary & St. Lazarus HospitalHistoric site4.5 km→🏞️BURROUGH HILLCountry park1.2 km→🌱Burrough Hill Country ParkUrban park1.2 km→⛪St John the Baptist's ChurchReligious grounds4.3 km→🐄Gates Farm ShopVisitor farm4.4 km→✦St Mary and St Lazarus Hospital, moated site and two fishponds, Burton LazarsHistoric site4.5 km→

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