Paddock Wood - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
Plan your visit
🌿Foraging🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
51.47685, -0.74915
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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
- 🌿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
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km10 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Cabbage Hill Blue RouteWalking route▾
Named routeRef blueLocal walking route
Jubilee River PathWalking 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
21public footpath · 206 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 206 mPath type: footway
72 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Greenway Red routeCycling route▾
Named routeRef redLocal cycle route
Round Berkshire Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Pinkneys Green linkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV2International cycle route
Jubilee River PathCycling route▾
Named routeRef Jubilee River Path
Oaken Grove linkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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12,055 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
12,055 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds29 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Dunnock · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Robin · Great Tit +24
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MagpiePica pica
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
🦌Mammals1 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects120 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Large Yellow Underwing · White-point · Long-horned Flat-body · 7-spot Ladybird · Dotted Chestnut +115
- Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2025
- White-pointMythimna albipuncta2025
- Long-horned Flat-bodyCarcina quercana2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Dotted ChestnutConistra rubiginea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,055 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds29 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Dunnock · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Robin · Great Tit +24
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MagpiePica pica
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
🦌Mammals1 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects120 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Large Yellow Underwing · White-point · Long-horned Flat-body · 7-spot Ladybird · Dotted Chestnut +115
- Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2025
- White-pointMythimna albipuncta2025
- Long-horned Flat-bodyCarcina quercana2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Dotted ChestnutConistra rubiginea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Lunar Underwing
Lunar Underwing
Anchoscelis lunosa2025
Anchoscelis lunosa2025
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MothflyPsychodidae2025Indet. 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sexstrigata2025Six-striped RusticXestia sexstrigata2025YponomeutaYponomeuta2025YponomeutaYponomeuta2025Iron ProminentNotodonta dromedarius2025Iron ProminentNotodonta dromedarius2025VestalRhodometra sacraria2025VestalRhodometra sacraria2025SnoutHypena proboscidalis2025SnoutHypena proboscidalis2025Ringed China-markParapoynx stratiotata2025Ringed China-markParapoynx stratiotata2025Centre-barred SallowAtethmia centrago2025Centre-barred SallowAtethmia centrago2025Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum2025Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum2025EndotheniaEndothenia2025EndotheniaEndothenia2025Common Rustic agg.Mesapamea secalis agg.2025Common Rustic agg.Mesapamea secalis agg.2025Gold TriangleHypsopygia costalis2025Gold TriangleHypsopygia costalis2025Maple ProminentPtilodon cucullina2025Maple ProminentPtilodon cucullina2025Stictopleurus punctatonervosusStictopleurus punctatonervosus2025Stictopleurus punctatonervosusStictopleurus punctatonervosus2025Tenthredo arcuata/brevicornis/notha/schaefferiTenthredo arcuata/brevicornis/notha/schaefferi2025Tenthredo arcuata/brevicornis/notha/schaefferiTenthredo arcuata/brevicornis/notha/schaefferi2025Stable FlyStomoxys calcitrans2025Stable FlyStomoxys calcitrans2025Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum2025Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum2025Face FlyMusca autumnalis2025Face FlyMusca autumnalis2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Six-spot BurnetZygaena filipendulae2025Six-spot BurnetZygaena filipendulae2025Pied ShieldbugTritomegas bicolor2025Pied ShieldbugTritomegas bicolor2025Banded GeneralStratiomys potamida2025Banded GeneralStratiomys potamida2025Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025Uncertain/RusticHoplodrina octogenaria/blanda2025Uncertain/RusticHoplodrina octogenaria/blanda2025Clay Triple-linesCyclophora linearia2025Clay Triple-linesCyclophora linearia2025Buff ArchesHabrosyne pyritoides2025Buff ArchesHabrosyne pyritoides2025Brown Oak TortrixArchips crataegana2025Brown Oak TortrixArchips crataegana2025Common Cloaked TortrixGypsonoma dealbana2025Common Cloaked TortrixGypsonoma dealbana2025Marbled White SpotProtodeltote pygarga2025Marbled White SpotProtodeltote pygarga2025Scarce FootmanEilema complana2025Scarce FootmanEilema complana2025Common FootmanEilema lurideola2025Common FootmanEilema lurideola2025CoronetCraniophora ligustri2025CoronetCraniophora ligustri2025Crescent PlumeMarasmarcha lunaedactyla2025Crescent PlumeMarasmarcha lunaedactyla2025Buff ErmineSpilosoma lutea2025Buff ErmineSpilosoma lutea2025Peppered MothBiston betularia2025Peppered MothBiston betularia2025Small Fan-footed WaveIdaea biselata2025Small Fan-footed WaveIdaea biselata2025Bird-cherry ErmineYponomeuta evonymella2025Bird-cherry ErmineYponomeuta evonymella2025CnephasiaCnephasia2025CnephasiaCnephasia2025Yellow-tailEuproctis similis2025Yellow-tailEuproctis similis2025PhoenixEulithis prunata2025PhoenixEulithis prunata2025Minor Shoulder-knotBrachylomia viminalis2025Minor Shoulder-knotBrachylomia viminalis2025Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha2025Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha2025Swallow-tailed MothOurapteryx sambucaria2025Swallow-tailed MothOurapteryx sambucaria2025Ruby TigerPhragmatobia fuliginosa2025Ruby TigerPhragmatobia fuliginosa2025Double-square SpotXestia triangulum2025Double-square SpotXestia triangulum2025