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Public access Paid entry Dogs welcome 40 ha
Getting here
51.49604, -1.10834
Open directionsv Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ ☀️ June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit 🐄 Summer visits here combine well with a walk along nearby trails — the animals are most active in the morning. 🐾 Beale Park on site — a good way to combine wildlife and an animal visit in the same trip 🌤️ Visiting this summer
☀️ June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit 🐄 Summer visits here combine well with a walk along nearby trails — the animals are most active in the morning. 🐾 Beale Park on site — a good way to combine wildlife and an animal visit in the same trip 🛝 Playground🚻 Toilets🐄 Farm visit
🐄 Farm visits
Very strong match
Zoo or animal collection
Varies
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Reedbeds — bitterns, marsh harriers, bearded tits and reed warblers; Birds — Woodpigeon, Mallard, Magpie +46 more · last seen 2025
Free
Reedbeds priority habitat; Birds — Woodpigeon, Mallard, Magpie +46 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — White-legged Damselfly, Banded Demoiselle, Red-eyed Damselfly +33 more · last seen 2026; Reedbeds — emperor dragonfly and rare fen invertebrates
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground, toilets
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 13 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
The Ridgeway Walking route 140 km ▾
Named route Ref RW Length 140 km National walking route
Show on map The Chiltern Way Southern Extension Walking route ▾
Long distance path
Named route Ref CWS Regional walking route
Show on map The Roman Way Walking route 274.5 km ▾
Named route Length 274.5 km Regional walking route
Show on map European walking route E2 west, UK, South East England Walking route ▾
Westroute: Stranraer (UK) - Birminhgham (UK) - Calais (FR) - Zoersel (BE) / Eastroute: Stranraer (UK) - Harwich (UK) - Rotterdam (NL) - Zoersel (BE) / Both Routes: Zoersel (BE) - Maastrich (NL) - Luxembourg (LUX) - Lake Geneva (CH) - Nice (FR)
Named route Ref E2 International walking route
Show on map Woodland Walk, Basildon Park Walking route 2.4 km ▾
This route goes through the woodland and across our landscape parkland. Suitable for all terrain pushchairs. Potential for livestock on route.
Named route Length 2.4 km Duration 00:45 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map 2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Round Berkshire Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Reading R50 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref R50 Local cycle route
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
King Alfred's Way Mountain bike route ▾
King Alfreds Way is 350km (220 miles) off road route designed to be ridden clockwise. It starts & ends in Winchester. It is suitable for gravel or cross-country bikes.
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map 5 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos Entrance to Beale Park Wildlife Park
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Wildlife to spot
53,439 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 53,439 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Mallard · Magpie · Robin · Goldcrest +44
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Magpie Pica pica Robin Erithacus rubecula Goldcrest Regulus regulus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Swift Apus apus Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Mute Swan Cygnus olor Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Garden Warbler Sylvia borin Whitethroat Curruca communis Swallow Hirundo rustica Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Great Tit Parus major Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Blackbird Turdus merula Rook Corvus frugilegus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Nuthatch Sitta europaea Greenfinch Chloris chloris Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Dunnock Prunella modularis Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella Jay Garrulus glandarius Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla Greylag Goose Anser anser Canada Goose Branta canadensis Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti House Martin Delichon urbicum Sand Martin Riparia riparia Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus Little Egret Egretta garzetta Common Tern Sterna hirundo Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Starling Sturnus vulgaris Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Skylark Alauda arvensis Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Stock Dove Columba oenas Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Coal Tit Periparus ater Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 🦌 Mammals 2 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Hazel Dormouse · Muntjac
Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi Red-eared Terrapin
Red-eared Terrapin Trachemys scripta subsp. elegans White-legged Damselfly · Banded Demoiselle · Red-eyed Damselfly · Rose Chafer · Orchid Beetle +28
White-legged Damselfly Platycnemis pennipes2025 Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens2025 Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma najas2025 Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata2025 Orchid Beetle Dascillus cervinus2025 Blue-tailed Damselfly Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 53,439 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Mallard · Magpie · Robin · Goldcrest +44
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Magpie Pica pica Robin Erithacus rubecula Goldcrest Regulus regulus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Swift Apus apus Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Mute Swan Cygnus olor Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Garden Warbler Sylvia borin Whitethroat Curruca communis Swallow Hirundo rustica Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Great Tit Parus major Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Blackbird Turdus merula Rook Corvus frugilegus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Nuthatch Sitta europaea Greenfinch Chloris chloris Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Dunnock Prunella modularis Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella Jay Garrulus glandarius Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla Greylag Goose Anser anser Canada Goose Branta canadensis Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti House Martin Delichon urbicum Sand Martin Riparia riparia Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus Little Egret Egretta garzetta Common Tern Sterna hirundo Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Starling Sturnus vulgaris Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Skylark Alauda arvensis Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Stock Dove Columba oenas Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Coal Tit Periparus ater Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 🦌 Mammals 2 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Hazel Dormouse · Muntjac
Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi Red-eared Terrapin
Red-eared Terrapin Trachemys scripta subsp. elegans White-legged Damselfly · Banded Demoiselle · Red-eyed Damselfly · Rose Chafer · Orchid Beetle +28
White-legged Damselfly Platycnemis pennipes2025 Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens2025 Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma najas2025 Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata2025 Orchid Beetle Dascillus cervinus2025 Blue-tailed Damselfly Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Ischnura elegans2025
Ischnura elegans2025
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2025
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2025
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo2025
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo2025
Oedemera femoralis Oedemera femoralis
Oedemera femoralis Oedemera femoralis
Hayhurstia atriplicis Hayhurstia atriplicis2025
Hayhurstia atriplicis Hayhurstia atriplicis2025
Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius2025
Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius2025
Turrutus socialis Turrutus socialis2025
Turrutus socialis Turrutus socialis2025
Arthaldeus pascuellus Arthaldeus pascuellus2025
Arthaldeus pascuellus Arthaldeus pascuellus2025
Euscelis incisus Euscelis incisus2025
Euscelis incisus Euscelis incisus2025
Parent Bug Elasmucha grisea2025
Parent Bug Elasmucha grisea2025
Trachyphloeus alternans Trachyphloeus alternans2025
Trachyphloeus alternans Trachyphloeus alternans2025
Humming-bird Hawk-moth Macroglossum stellatarum2025
Humming-bird Hawk-moth Macroglossum stellatarum2025
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus2025
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus2025
Psococerastis gibbosa Psococerastis gibbosa2025
Psococerastis gibbosa Psococerastis gibbosa2025
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis2025
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis2025
Comfrey Ermine Ethmia quadrillella2025
Comfrey Ermine Ethmia quadrillella2025
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum2025
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum2025
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata2025
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata2025
Tree Hopper Centrotus cornutus2025
Tree Hopper Centrotus cornutus2025
Omaloplia ruricola Omaloplia ruricola2025
Omaloplia ruricola Omaloplia ruricola2025
Malachite Beetle Malachius bipustulatus2025
Malachite Beetle Malachius bipustulatus2025
Agrypnus murinus Agrypnus murinus2025
Agrypnus murinus Agrypnus murinus2025
Bastard-toadflax Bug Canthophorus impressus2025
Bastard-toadflax Bug Canthophorus impressus2025
Apple Fruit Rhynchites Tatianaerhynchites aequatus2025
Apple Fruit Rhynchites Tatianaerhynchites aequatus2025
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major2025
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major2025
Thistle Tortoise Beetle Cassida rubiginosa2025
Thistle Tortoise Beetle Cassida rubiginosa2025
Polydrusus pterygomalis Polydrusus pterygomalis2025
Polydrusus pterygomalis Polydrusus pterygomalis2025
Dogs-Mercury Flea Beetle Hermaeophaga mercurialis2025
Dogs-Mercury Flea Beetle Hermaeophaga mercurialis2025 