Winchester Plain Clump - Woodland plantation
✦ Ancient woodland43 ha
Plan your visit
🍂Seasonal🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome43 ha
Getting here
51.19611, -1.18917
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Wayfarers WalkWalking route▾
Walbury Hill, Berkshire to Emsworth, Hampshire
Named routeRegional walking route
Ox Drove WayWalking route▾
St James' WayWalking route110 km▾
Named routeRef SJWLength 110 kmRegional walking route
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Blackwood Forest Seasons Trail (Blue Route)Cycling route3.8 km▾
Named routeLength 3.8 km
Basingstoke Strategic Cycle NetworkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Blackwood Forest Connecting TrailCycling route1 km▾
Named routeLength 1 km
Forest Holidays Trim TrailCycling route3.2 km▾
Named routeLength 3.2 km
6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Candovers Off Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeHampshire off Road cycle trails
Basingstoke Off-Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeHampshire off Road cycle trails
Micheldever Station Off Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeHampshire off Road cycle trails
Cliddesden Duck Pond (Cycling Discoveries for Mountain Bikes in and Around North Hampshire)Mountain bike route▾
Named routeRef 2: Cliddesden Duck Pond
The Ox Drove mountain bike routeMountain bike route▾
Abbotstone Down Off-Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeHampshire off Road cycle trails
4 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
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Wildlife to spot
2,424 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,424 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBarn Owl · Woodpigeon · Mallard · Blackbird · Magpie +36
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- Little OwlAthene noctua2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- WoodlarkLullula arborea2022
🦌Mammals13 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Roe Deer · Brown Hare · Hedgehog · Bat · Common Pipistrelle +8
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- BatChiroptera2023
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2023
Volucella inanis · Anoplotrupes stercorosus · 7-spot Ladybird · Dotted Bee-fly · Oak Bush-cricket +3
- Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2022
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolor2023
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2022
- Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana
🌿Plants2 species
springsummer
2022▾
Giant Hogweed · Redshank
- Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum
- RedshankCeratodon purpureus2021
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,424 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBarn Owl · Woodpigeon · Mallard · Blackbird · Magpie +36
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- Little OwlAthene noctua2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- WoodlarkLullula arborea2022
🦌Mammals13 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Roe Deer · Brown Hare · Hedgehog · Bat · Common Pipistrelle +8
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- BatChiroptera2023
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2023
Volucella inanis · Anoplotrupes stercorosus · 7-spot Ladybird · Dotted Bee-fly · Oak Bush-cricket +3
- Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2022
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolor2023
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2022
- Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana
🌿Plants2 species
springsummer
2022▾
Giant Hogweed · Redshank
- Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum
- RedshankCeratodon purpureus2021
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Muntjac
Muntjac
Muntiacus reevesi
Muntiacus reevesi
Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2023Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2023PolecatMustela putorius2022PolecatMustela putorius2022Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2024Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2024Pine MartenMartes martes2024Pine MartenMartes martes2024Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus2023Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus2023Long-eared Bat speciesPlecotus2023Long-eared Bat speciesPlecotus2023Indet. DeerCervidae2021Indet. DeerCervidae20212021
2021
Solomon's-seal SawflyPhymatocera aterrima2021Solomon's-seal SawflyPhymatocera aterrima2021Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2021Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2021