Charity Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland22 ha
Plan your visit
🍂Seasonal🦉Wildlife🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome22 ha
Getting here
51.45874, -0.83009
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
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cabbage Hill Blue RouteWalking route▾
Named routeRef blueLocal walking route
European walking route E2 west, UK, South East EnglandWalking 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 routeRef E2International walking route
The Wokingham WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Ramblers RouteWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
The Cut countryside corridorWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
28 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Yellow RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef YellowLocal cycle route
Greenway Red routeCycling route▾
Named routeRef redLocal cycle route
Round Berkshire Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Route R20Cycling route▾
Named routeRef R20Local cycle route
Route 422Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 422National Cycle Network
Bader Way CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Photos
Farmland and Surrells Wood, Shurlock Row
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Wildlife to spot
6,454 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,454 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
winterautumn
2025▾
Great Spotted Woodpecker · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Starling · Jay +35
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- MagpiePica pica
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Phasianus colchicus torquatusPhasianus colchicus torquatus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
🦌Mammals3 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Brown Rat
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
Cloaked Minor · Brimstone Moth · Mother of Pearl · Black Arches · Water Veneer +71
- Cloaked MinorMesoligia furuncula
- Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata
- Mother of PearlPatania ruralis
- Black ArchesLymantria monacha
- Water VeneerAcentria ephemerella
- Rosy FootmanMiltochrista miniata
- Dingy FootmanEilema griseola
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,454 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
winterautumn
2025▾
Great Spotted Woodpecker · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Starling · Jay +35
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- MagpiePica pica
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Phasianus colchicus torquatusPhasianus colchicus torquatus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
🦌Mammals3 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Brown Rat
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
Cloaked Minor · Brimstone Moth · Mother of Pearl · Black Arches · Water Veneer +71
- Cloaked MinorMesoligia furuncula
- Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata
- Mother of PearlPatania ruralis
- Black ArchesLymantria monacha
- Water VeneerAcentria ephemerella
- Rosy FootmanMiltochrista miniata
- Dingy FootmanEilema griseola
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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