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Shutterdown Spinney

4 ha
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Free entryDogs welcome4 ha

Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • 🌿37+ species of plants recorded here — summer brings peak botanical diversity with Blueish Veilwort and Forked Veilwort among those found
  • 🌿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

Seasonal nature

Plants — Blueish Veilwort, Forked Veilwort, Even Scalewort +34 more · last seen 2022; Plants — Blueish Veilwort, Forked Veilwort, Even Scalewort +34 more · last seen 2022

Free

Wildlife

Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Birds — Chaffinch, Fieldfare, Blue Tit +15 more · last seen 2024

Free

Bird watching

Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds; Birds — Chaffinch, Fieldfare, Blue Tit +15 more · last seen 2024

Free

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Mushroom foraging

Fungi — Mushroom · last seen 2013; Fungi — Mushroom · last seen 2013

Varies

Insect spotting

Insects — Brimstone · last seen 2017; Insects — Brimstone · last seen 2017

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Midshires WayWalking route370 km

Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail

Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
Shakespeare's Avon WayWalking route142 km

From the source at Naseby, Northamptonshire to the Severn at Tewkesbury

Named routeRef SAWLength 142 kmRegional walking route
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Cycling

14 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Brampton Valley WayCycling route
Named route
Route 6Cycling route
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route204 m
Named routeRef 6Length 204 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route3.4 km
Named routeRef 6Length 3.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route1.4 km
Named routeRef 6Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route3.7 km
Named routeRef 6Length 3.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Crop field towards Shutterdown Spinney

Crop field towards Shutterdown Spinney

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