🌱 Urban park

Rookery Gardens

📷 Karin Phillips · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Plan your visit

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

Getting here

51.57429, -0.77518

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4 activities

Playgrounds

Free88%

playground, toilets, parking

Dog walks

Free78%

Dogs allowed with public access

Family friendly

Free68%

Urban park — family destination

Picnic day out

Free62%

Urban park — open green space

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

16 signed routes nearby · 22 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

The Chiltern WayWalking route275 km▾

A waymarked long-distance footpath in southern England

Named routeRef CWLength 275 kmRegional walking route

Shakespeare's WayWalking route235 km▾

Named routeLength 235 kmRegional walking route

Maidenhead Millennium Walk Marlow LinkWalking route▾

Named routeLocal walking route

The Long Wind in the Willows Walk, MaidenheadWalking route8 km▾

A moderate circular exploring the rural community of Cookham Dean & the Woodland Trust's Wild Wood at Quarry & Fultness Woods. Pass through farmland, woodland & along the village lanes that inspired Kenneth Grahame, author of Wind in the Willows.

Named routeLength 8 kmDuration 02:30-04:00Round tripLocal walking route

Cookham and Cock Marsh Walk, MaidenheadWalking route6.4 km▾

Follow this circular walk along riverside paths, through lush meadows and over chalk grassland slopes and enjoy panoramic views across the Thames Valley. Trail includes one short, sttep climb and a kissing gate that is difficult to navigate in a wheelchai

Named routeLength 6.4 kmDuration 01:30-02:00Round tripLocal walking route

Portlands Alleypublic footpath · 245 m▾

Public pathpublic footpathLength 245 mSurface asphaltPath type: footway

Creswell Rowpublic footpath · 148 m▾

Public pathpublic footpathLength 148 mSurface asphaltPath type: footway

Sandygate Roadpublic footpath · 58 m▾

Public pathpublic footpathLength 58 mPath type: residential

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Cycling

19 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 50Cycling route▾

Named routeRef 50National Cycle Network

High Wycombe East-West Cycle RouteCycling route▾

Named routeLocal cycle route

Round Berkshire Cycle RouteCycling route▾

Named routeRegional cycle route

North Town linkCycling route▾

Named routeLocal cycle route

Oaken Grove linkCycling route▾

Named routeLocal cycle route

Round Berkshire Cycle RouteCycling route▾

Named routeRegional cycle route

About this urban park

Rookery Gardens is a urban park.

Wildlife to spot

19,580 records · NBN Atlas

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Birds51 species recorded

Peregrine · Carrion Crow · Wren

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Insects21 species recorded

7-spot Ladybird · Halesus radiatus · Anabolia nervosa

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Plants27 species recorded

Burnet-saxifrage · White Campion · White Dead-nettle

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Karin Phillips · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Events & activities nearby

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Bookable tours

🌱 Visiting this spring

🐦Prime nesting season — listen for woodpecker drumming, warbler song and the first cuckoos from April
🦌Roe deer are active before the leaf canopy closes in — dawn and dusk are best

Facilities

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Parking

Dean Street · Paid · 111m

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Picnic spot

265m away

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Playground

2 · 261m away

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Toilets

266m away

✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

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