Woodland plantation near Gretton
19 ha
Plan your visit
🌿Foraging🐴Horses🦋Insects
Free entryDogs welcome19 ha
Getting here
52.54602, -0.67155
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
- 🌿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
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
Horse riding listed as facility
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
Traditional orchard priority habitat
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Jurassic WayWalking route142 km▾
Named routeLength 142 kmRegional walking route
Rutland RoundWalking route105 km▾
Named routeLength 105 kmRegional walking route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Northamptonshire)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
National Byway (Rutland)Cycling route▾
National Byway in Rutland
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
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The Oakham-Kettering railway line near Gretton
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Wildlife to spot
2,797 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,797 records · National Biodiversity NetworkLinnet · Greenfinch · Kestrel · Goldfinch · Meadow Pipit +30
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MagpiePica pica
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Great TitParus major
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Common GullLarus canus
- TealAnas crecca
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Tall Fescue · White Dead-nettle · Creeping Thistle · Yarrow · White Clover +105
- Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Cornus sanguinea subsp. sanguineaCornus sanguinea subsp. sanguinea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,797 records · National Biodiversity NetworkLinnet · Greenfinch · Kestrel · Goldfinch · Meadow Pipit +30
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MagpiePica pica
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Great TitParus major
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Common GullLarus canus
- TealAnas crecca
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Tall Fescue · White Dead-nettle · Creeping Thistle · Yarrow · White Clover +105
- Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Cornus sanguinea subsp. sanguineaCornus sanguinea subsp. sanguinea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas