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Sidelands Plantation

4 ha

📷 Michael Dibb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome4 ha

Getting here

51.91056, -1.93483

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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

5 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Kestrel, Red-legged Partridge, Pheasant +70 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Kestrel, Red-legged Partridge, Pheasant +70 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Meadow Plant Bug, 7-spot Ladybird · last seen 2024

Free

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
🚶

Walking

14 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Gloucestershire WayWalking route161 km
Named routeLength 161 kmRegional walking route
Diamond WayWalking route106 km
Named routeRef DIALength 106 kmRegional walking route
Donnington WayWalking route100 km
Named routeLength 100 kmLocal walking route
Windrush WayWalking route22 km

Winchcombe - Bourton-on-the-Water. No longer classified as a long distance walk by the LDWA.

Named routeRef WinLength 22 km
Warden's WayWalking route22 km

Winchcombe - Bourton-on-the-Water. No longer classified as a long distance route by the LDWA

Named routeRef WarLength 22 km
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Cycling

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
National Byway (Oxon and Glos)Cycling route
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Cotswold CyclewayCycling route
Named routeRef CCRegional cycle route
National BywayCycling route
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Green trees and green grain

📷 Michael Dibb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Green trees and green grain

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦SUDELEY CASTLEHistoric site4.4 km→🌱St Mary's ChurchUrban park4.3 km→🌱Secret GardenUrban park4.4 km→🌱Queen's GardenUrban park4.3 km→🐄PheasantryVisitor farm4.4 km→✦Roman small town at WycombHistoric site4 km→

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