I'm no expert, but I think this is a Common Spotted Orchid (Dactylorhiza fuchsii), at first on seeing its shape I thought in could have been a Pyramidal orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis), though on closer examination it clearly wasn't; the flowers are all wrong for that. I find the thing with many of our orchid species is that unless they're very distinctive, like the Bee or Burnt Tip orchids, they can vary so much within their species in colour and form, that it's hard for a novice to be certain.
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