Common Plantation - Woodland plantation
4 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
52.78797, -1.53668
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
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths 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
48 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
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
The Tramway TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef The Tramway Trail
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Wildlife to spot
20,139 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
20,139 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMagpie · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Wren +9
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
🐝Insects3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · Lesser Marsh Grasshopper
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus
Sycamore · Common Ivy · Spear Thistle · Herb-Robert · Field Maple +112
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- Common IvyHedera helix subsp. helix
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- Field MapleAcer campestre
- Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
- DandelionTaraxacum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
20,139 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMagpie · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Wren +9
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
🐝Insects3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · Lesser Marsh Grasshopper
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus
Sycamore · Common Ivy · Spear Thistle · Herb-Robert · Field Maple +112
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- Common IvyHedera helix subsp. helix
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- Field MapleAcer campestre
- Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
- DandelionTaraxacum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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