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Ladyfields Plantation - Woodland plantation

2 ha

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Free entryDogs welcome2 ha

Getting here

52.78676, -1.51203

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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
🐕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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· Free

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Strong match

Lowland fens priority habitat

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Lowland fens — specialist fen birds and passage waders

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Lowland fens — fen dragonflies and rare invertebrates

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Moderate match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

7 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Red WalkWalking route3.8 km

Named routeLength 3.8 km

Trent Valley WayWalking route304 km

Named routeLength 304 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route

Ivanhoe WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

National Forest WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Blue WalkWalking route2.3 km

Named routeLength 2.3 km

🚴

Cycling

45 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 63Cycling route

Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network

Conkers CircuitCycling route

Named routeRef Conkers CircuitRound tripLocal cycle route

Main RouteCycling route32 m

Named routeRef 63Length 32 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface pavementslabs

Main RouteCycling route446 m

Named routeRef 63Length 446 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route136 m

Named routeRef 63Length 136 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route10 m

Named routeRef 63Length 10 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

🚵

Mountain biking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Shell Brook TrailMountain bike route

Named routeRef Shell Brook TrailRound tripLocal cycle route

The Tramway TrailMountain bike route

Named routeRef The Tramway Trail

Wildlife to spot

19,406 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

19,406 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds28 species

winter

2026

Wigeon · Pochard · Pheasant · Great Tit · Wren +23

WigeonMareca penelope2025
PochardAythya ferina
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Great TitParus major2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025

🌿

Plants115 species

winter

2026

Nipplewort · Hedgerow Crane's-bill · Ribwort Plantain · Wood Avens · Red Valerian +110

NipplewortLapsana communis
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
CleaversGalium aparine
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
BrambleRubus fruticosus
AshFraxinus excelsior
Cut-leaved Dead-nettleLamium hybridum
HollyIlex aquifolium
Silver BirchBetula pendula
Field MapleAcer campestre
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
ElderSambucus nigra
HazelCorylus avellana
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
FeverfewTanacetum parthenium
DaisyBellis perennis
Common NettleUrtica dioica
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
DandelionTaraxacum
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Common IvyHedera helix subsp. helix
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
Rosa caninaRosa canina
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
Common SallowSalix cinerea
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus
Wild CherryPrunus avium
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
DogwoodCornus sanguinea
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
Parsley PiertAphanes arvensis
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
BeechFagus sylvatica
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
Erodium cicutariumErodium cicutarium
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Greater CelandineChelidonium majus
Erophila vernaErophila verna
Wild MarjoramOriganum vulgare
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
TansyTanacetum vulgare
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
daffodilsNarcissus
BrackenPteridium aquilinum
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
AubretiaAubrieta deltoidea
SowbreadCyclamen hederifolium
AppleMalus domestica
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Stinking IrisIris foetidissima
Small NettleUrtica urens
Greater PeriwinkleVinca major
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
Scots PinePinus sylvestris
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
Oregon-grapeMahonia aquifolium
Love-in-a-mistNigella damascena
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica
Garden PrivetLigustrum ovalifolium
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Hard RushJuncus inflexus
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
White CloverTrifolium repens
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Greater PlantainPlantago major
AlderAlnus glutinosa

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

19,406 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds28 species

winter

2026

Wigeon · Pochard · Pheasant · Great Tit · Wren +23

WigeonMareca penelope2025
PochardAythya ferina
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Great TitParus major2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025

🌿

Plants115 species

winter

2026

Nipplewort · Hedgerow Crane's-bill · Ribwort Plantain · Wood Avens · Red Valerian +110

NipplewortLapsana communis
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
CleaversGalium aparine
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
BrambleRubus fruticosus
AshFraxinus excelsior
Cut-leaved Dead-nettleLamium hybridum
HollyIlex aquifolium
Silver BirchBetula pendula
Field MapleAcer campestre
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
ElderSambucus nigra
HazelCorylus avellana
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
FeverfewTanacetum parthenium
DaisyBellis perennis
Common NettleUrtica dioica
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
DandelionTaraxacum
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Common IvyHedera helix subsp. helix
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
Rosa caninaRosa canina
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
Common SallowSalix cinerea
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus
Wild CherryPrunus avium
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
DogwoodCornus sanguinea
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
Parsley PiertAphanes arvensis
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
BeechFagus sylvatica
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
Erodium cicutariumErodium cicutarium
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Greater CelandineChelidonium majus
Erophila vernaErophila verna
Wild MarjoramOriganum vulgare
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
TansyTanacetum vulgare
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
daffodilsNarcissus
BrackenPteridium aquilinum
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
AubretiaAubrieta deltoidea
SowbreadCyclamen hederifolium
AppleMalus domestica
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Stinking IrisIris foetidissima
Small NettleUrtica urens
Greater PeriwinkleVinca major
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
Scots PinePinus sylvestris
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
Oregon-grapeMahonia aquifolium
Love-in-a-mistNigella damascena
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica
Garden PrivetLigustrum ovalifolium
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Hard RushJuncus inflexus
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
White CloverTrifolium repens
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Greater PlantainPlantago major
AlderAlnus glutinosa