Forest Park - Broadleaved woodland
4 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
51.46580, -0.65141
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 128m away — 14 car parks within reach, toilets nearby
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 128m away — 14 car parks within reach, toilets nearby
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
toilets
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Three Castles PathWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Jubilee River PathWalking route▾
Thames PathWalking route296 km▾
Named routeRef TPLength 296 kmNational 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
Ramblers RouteWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
108 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 61Cycling route34 km▾
Route 61 travels from Maidenhead to Hatfield, Welwyn Garden City and Hertford before arriving near Hoddesdon.
Named routeRef 61Length 34 kmNational Cycle Network
Route 4Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4National Cycle Network
Holyport GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Round Berkshire Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Round Berkshire Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Windsor and Maidenhead LCNCycling route▾
Named routeRef Ascot to WindsorLocal cycle route
1 public path nearby
Public paths
St. Leonard's Hillbridleway · 1.6 km▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 1.6 kmPath type: residential
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30,954 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
30,954 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Jackdaw · Magpie · Blue Tit · Rock Dove · Carrion Crow +31
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Brown Hare · Soprano Pipistrelle
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Australian Orange-tip · Small Dusty Wave · Common Grass-veneer · Square-spot Rustic · Double-striped Pug +29
- Australian Orange-tipTachystola acroxantha2025
- Small Dusty WaveIdaea seriata2025
- Common Grass-veneerAgriphila tristella2025
- Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2025
- Double-striped PugGymnoscelis rufifasciata2025
- Chevron Grass-moth
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
30,954 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Jackdaw · Magpie · Blue Tit · Rock Dove · Carrion Crow +31
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Brown Hare · Soprano Pipistrelle
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Australian Orange-tip · Small Dusty Wave · Common Grass-veneer · Square-spot Rustic · Double-striped Pug +29
- Australian Orange-tipTachystola acroxantha2025
- Small Dusty WaveIdaea seriata2025
- Common Grass-veneerAgriphila tristella2025
- Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2025
- Double-striped PugGymnoscelis rufifasciata2025
- Chevron Grass-moth
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Agriphila geniculea2025
Agriphila geniculea2025
Light Brown Apple MothEpiphyas postvittana2025Light Brown Apple MothEpiphyas postvittana2025Straw Grass-veneerAgriphila straminella2025Straw Grass-veneerAgriphila straminella2025Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum2025Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum2025White-shouldered House-mothEndrosis sarcitrella2025White-shouldered House-mothEndrosis sarcitrella2025Common PlumeEmmelina monodactyla2025Common PlumeEmmelina monodactyla2025Furness DowdBlastobasis adustella2025Furness DowdBlastobasis adustella2025Straw UnderwingThalpophila matura2025Straw UnderwingThalpophila matura2025Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasciVaried Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasciHemlock MothAgonopterix alstromerianaHemlock MothAgonopterix alstromerianaGolden DotStigmella aurella2025Golden DotStigmella aurella2025MonopisMonopis2025MonopisMonopis2025Orange SwiftTriodia sylvina2025Orange SwiftTriodia sylvina2025Common MarbleCelypha lacunana2025Common MarbleCelypha lacunana2025Long-horned Flat-bodyCarcina quercana2025Long-horned Flat-bodyCarcina quercana2025NeocochylisNeocochylis2025NeocochylisNeocochylis2025PhyllonorycterPhyllonorycter2025PhyllonorycterPhyllonorycter2025Brown Moss-mothBryotropha terrella2025Brown Moss-mothBryotropha terrella2025Shuttle-shaped DartAgrotis puta2025Shuttle-shaped DartAgrotis puta2025Mother of PearlPatania ruralis2025Mother of PearlPatania ruralis2025Gypsy MothLymantria dispar2025Gypsy MothLymantria dispar2025Typhlocyba quercusTyphlocyba quercus2025Typhlocyba quercusTyphlocyba quercus2025Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025Diaperis boletiDiaperis boleti2025Diaperis boletiDiaperis boleti2025White ErmineSpilosoma lubricipeda2025White ErmineSpilosoma lubricipeda2025Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria2025Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria2025Elephant Hawk-mothDeilephila elpenor2025Elephant Hawk-mothDeilephila elpenor2025Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025