Gapemouth Plantation - Woodland plantation
13 ha
🐶Dogs🦅Birds🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome13 ha
Getting here
51.29028, -0.69157
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 96m away — 4 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 96m away — 4 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Lowland heathland — Dartford warblers, nightjars and stonechats
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland heathland — silver-studded blue and heath fritillary butterflies
Free
Lowland heathland priority habitat
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Blackwater Valley PathWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Basingstoke CanalWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Cove Brook Greenway, FarnboroughWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Pirbright walk (SCC)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
The Fox WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
19 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pluto TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef Pluto (5)Local cycle route
Rushmoor Cycle Network [FS]Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Saturn TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 221National Cycle Network
Route 221Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 221National Cycle Network
Rhea TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef RheaLocal cycle route
Blackwater Valley Red RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef redLocal cycle route
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Christmas Pie TrailMountain bike route13.7 km▾
leisure route from East Farnham to northwest Guildford
Named routeLength 13.7 km
Basingstoke Canal TowpathMountain bike route▾
Blackwater Valley Multi-User PathMountain bike route▾
Cove Brook Greenway, FarnboroughMountain bike route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
1 public path nearby
Public paths
Old Guildford Roadbyway open to all traffic · 1.3 km▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 1.3 kmSurface dirtPath type: track
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Wildlife to spot
3,988 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
3,988 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds53 species
springautumn
2025▾
Wigeon · Shoveler · Chaffinch · Wren · Goldcrest +48
- WigeonMareca penelope
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- RavenCorvus corax
- CootFulica atra
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- TealAnas crecca
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐸Amphibians1 species
springautumn
2025▾
Common Toad
Cryptocephalus bipunctatus · Stripe-legged Robberfly · Athous haemorrhoidalis · Polydrusus cervinus · Birch Shieldbug +24
- Cryptocephalus bipunctatusCryptocephalus bipunctatus
- Stripe-legged RobberflyDioctria baumhaueri
- Athous haemorrhoidalisAthous haemorrhoidalis
- Polydrusus cervinusPolydrusus cervinus
- Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus
- Red Wood AntFormica rufa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,988 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds53 species
springautumn
2025▾
Wigeon · Shoveler · Chaffinch · Wren · Goldcrest +48
- WigeonMareca penelope
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- RavenCorvus corax
- CootFulica atra
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- TealAnas crecca
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐸Amphibians1 species
springautumn
2025▾
Common Toad
Cryptocephalus bipunctatus · Stripe-legged Robberfly · Athous haemorrhoidalis · Polydrusus cervinus · Birch Shieldbug +24
- Cryptocephalus bipunctatusCryptocephalus bipunctatus
- Stripe-legged RobberflyDioctria baumhaueri
- Athous haemorrhoidalisAthous haemorrhoidalis
- Polydrusus cervinusPolydrusus cervinus
- Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus
- Red Wood AntFormica rufa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Minotaur Beetle
Minotaur Beetle
Typhaeus typhoeus
Typhaeus typhoeus
Common DarterSympetrum striolatumCommon DarterSympetrum striolatumSouthern HawkerAeshna cyaneaSouthern HawkerAeshna cyaneaVolucella bombylansVolucella bombylansVolucella bombylansVolucella bombylansSicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineusSphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scriptaDusky CockroachEctobius lapponicusDusky CockroachEctobius lapponicusGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaCryptocephalus labiatusCryptocephalus labiatusCryptocephalus labiatusCryptocephalus labiatusRhagonycha nigriventrisRhagonycha nigriventrisRhagonycha nigriventrisRhagonycha nigriventrisMottled Bee-flyThyridanthrax fenestratusMottled Bee-flyThyridanthrax fenestratusFigwort SawflyTenthredo scrophulariaeFigwort SawflyTenthredo scrophulariaeRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesRhogogasterRhogogasterRhogogasterRhogogasterSlave-making AntFormica sanguineaSlave-making AntFormica sanguineaSpring Heath RobberflyLasiopogon cinctusSpring Heath RobberflyLasiopogon cinctusHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumStriped Fern-sawflyStrongylogaster multifasciataStriped Fern-sawflyStrongylogaster multifasciataParent BugElasmucha griseaParent BugElasmucha griseaHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisRhynchitidaeRhynchitidaeRhynchitidaeRhynchitidaeConops vesicularisConops vesicularisConops vesicularisConops vesicularisCommon CockchaferMelolontha melolonthaCommon CockchaferMelolontha melolonthaEvents & activities nearby
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