Woodland plantation near Broad Hill
2 ha
🐶Dogs🌲Walks🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
52.35717, 0.36216
Open directionsv
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
- 🐕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
- 🌞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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Conifer plantation — limited but present wildlife
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Hereward WayWalking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Fen Rivers Way (Ely to King's Lynn)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Rothschild WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Soham Millennium Walk (Blue Route)Walking route3.5 km▾
Named routeLength 3.5 kmLocal walking route
Soham Millennium Walk (Red Route)Walking route1.8 km▾
Named routeLength 1.8 kmLocal walking route
7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (through Ely)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Wicken Soham CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
NCN National Route 11Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 11National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.7 km▾
Named routeRef 11Length 1.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route210 m▾
Named routeRef 11Length 210 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route216 m▾
Named routeRef 11Length 216 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
1,708 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,708 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds21 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Barn Owl · Turtle Dove · Fieldfare · Egyptian Goose · Stonechat +16
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2021
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- CuckooCuculus canorus2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2021
🦌Mammals5 species
winterspringsummer
2024▾
Hedgehog · Common Shrew · Roe Deer · Wood Mouse · Muntjac
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2021
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2021
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2021
🐝Insects2 species
springsummer
2021▾
22-spot Ladybird · Small Tortoiseshell
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae
Perennial Sow-thistle · False Oat-grass · Annual Mercury · Common Field-speedwell · Mugwort +128
- Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
- Annual MercuryMercurialis annua
- Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
- MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
- Curled DockRumex crispus
- Pink Water-speedwellVeronica catenata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,708 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds21 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Barn Owl · Turtle Dove · Fieldfare · Egyptian Goose · Stonechat +16
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2021
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- CuckooCuculus canorus2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2021
🦌Mammals5 species
winterspringsummer
2024▾
Hedgehog · Common Shrew · Roe Deer · Wood Mouse · Muntjac
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2021
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2021
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2021
🐝Insects2 species
springsummer
2021▾
22-spot Ladybird · Small Tortoiseshell
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae
Perennial Sow-thistle · False Oat-grass · Annual Mercury · Common Field-speedwell · Mugwort +128
- Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
- Annual MercuryMercurialis annua
- Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
- MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
- Curled DockRumex crispus
- Pink Water-speedwellVeronica catenata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas