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Smith Hill Plantation

6 ha

📷 Michael Dibb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome6 ha

Getting here

52.05712, -1.93154

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • 🐦51+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Blue Tit
  • 🌿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

Bird watching

Birds — Blackbird, Blue Tit, Starling +48 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackbird, Blue Tit, Starling +48 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

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

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Speckled Bush-cricket, Harlequin Ladybird, 14-spot Ladybird +26 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Speckled Bush-cricket, Harlequin Ladybird, 14-spot Ladybird +26 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

10 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Shakespeare's Avon WayWalking route142 km

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

Named routeRef SAWLength 142 kmRegional walking route
Donnington WayWalking route100 km
Named routeLength 100 kmLocal walking route
Cotswold WayWalking route164 km
Named routeRef CWLength 164 kmNational walking route
Wychavon WayWalking route67 km

A route from Holt Fleet on the River Severn to Winchcombe in the Cotswolds.

Named routeRef WyWLength 67 kmRegional walking route
Wyche WayWalking route79 km

A trail linking the Offa's Dyke Path at Kington to the Cotswold Way above Broadway, via the Wyche Cutting on the Malvern Hills.

Named routeLength 79 kmRegional walking route
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Cycling

12 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Route 41Cycling route
Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network
Cotswold Line Cycle RouteCycling route
Named routeRef 442National Cycle Network
Cotswold Line Cycle Route (under development)Cycling route
Named routeRef 442National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route911 m
Named routeRef 41Length 911 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route1.4 km
Named routeRef 41Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route212 m
Named routeRef 41Length 212 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Smith Hill Plantation

📷 Michael Dibb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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