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Thompson Plantation

16 ha

📷 John Sutton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome16 ha

Getting here

52.22470, 0.03804

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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
  • 🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
Bike parkingParkingPicnic spotPlayground

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Great Tit, Blue Tit, Great Spotted Woodpecker +63 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Great Tit, Blue Tit, Great Spotted Woodpecker +63 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Dilated Scalewort, Forked Veilwort, Ground-ivy +49 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Dilated Scalewort, Forked Veilwort, Ground-ivy +49 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Syrphus, Common Red Soldier Beetle +33 more · last seen 2025; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Syrphus, Common Red Soldier Beetle +33 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Plants — Guelder-rose, Dandelion, Common Sorrel +5 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

15 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Rowan's WalkWalking route2.6 km

Rowans Walk is a 2.57km circular walk on grassy tracks

Named routeLength 2.6 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Harcamlow WayWalking route
Named routeRef HARRegional walking route
Diamond Jubilee WalkWalking route4.8 km

A circular walk around Comberton to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee (1952-2012) of Queen Elizabeth ll

Named routeLength 4.8 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Hardwick Millennium FootpathWalking route13.9 km

A circular walk around Hardwick to celebrate the Millennium. The walk begins and ends at the Hardwick village sign. It passes through the parishes of Hardwick, Comberton, and Caldecote, and crosses the Greenwich Meridian twice.

Named routeLength 13.9 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Running Fox Walk 3Walking route4.2 km

A circular walk around meadows, fields and spinneys

Named routeLength 4.2 kmRound tripLocal walking route
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Cycling

10 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
NCN 51Cycling route
Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network
Cambridge secondary cycle networkCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Coton CyclewayCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Cambridge signed cycle routes networkCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Darwin Green greenway to Windsor RoadCycling route
Named route
Route 24Cycling route
Named routeRef 24Regional cycle route
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Horse riding

1 public path nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Madingley Hall on a June afternoon

📷 John Sutton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Madingley Hall on a June afternoon

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✦MADINGLEY HALLHistoric site200 m→🏞️COTONCountry park3.3 km→🌱Veteran Oak GardensUrban park3.3 km→✦AMERICAN MILITARY CEMETERYHistoric site1.4 km→🌱Brook LeysUrban park3 km→🌱Meridian Fields GreenUrban park3.2 km→

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