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The Plantation

4 ha

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Free entryDogs welcome4 ha

Getting here

51.86982, 1.12724

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • 🐦102+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Barn Owl and Turtle Dove
  • 🌿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
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Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Birds — Barn Owl, Turtle Dove, Lapwing +99 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Barn Owl, Turtle Dove, Lapwing +99 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

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

Free

Foraging

Plants — Pedunculate Oak, Hawthorn, Common Nettle +22 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Plants — Ribwort Plantain, Pedunculate Oak, Hawthorn +193 more · last seen 2023; Plants — Ribwort Plantain, Pedunculate Oak, Hawthorn +193 more · last seen 2023

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Volucella pellucens, Mystacides longicornis, Speckled Wood +24 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Volucella pellucens, Mystacides longicornis, Speckled Wood +24 more · last seen 2025

Free

Forest walks

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Cycling

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
NCN 51Cycling route
Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network
EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 8Cycling route
Named routeRef EV2International cycle route

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Wikipedia · Plantation · CC BY-SA 3.0

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱Bentley GreenUrban park4.4 km→🌱Little Clacton Meadow Millennium GreenUrban park4.5 km→✦THORPE HALLHistoric site3.3 km→✦Beaumont Quay, Hamford Water: a 19th century quay and lime kilnHistoric site3.6 km→⛪St Edmund's ChurchReligious grounds1.2 km→⛪The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day-SaintsReligious grounds1.6 km→

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