Great Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.48199, -0.76398
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
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Jubilee River PathWalking route▾
The Chiltern Way Berkshire LoopWalking route28 km▾
Long distance path
Named routeRef CWBLength 28 kmRegional 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
67 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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
Jubilee River PathCycling route▾
Named routeRef Jubilee River PathLocal cycle route
Oaken Grove linkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Own or manage this place?
Claim this listing to keep details accurate, add photos, and highlight what makes it special — free.
Claim this page→How useful was the information on this page?
id: be903daa-2587-48ec-b41e-7dd08f288de1
Wildlife to spot
44,437 records · National Biodiversity Network
▾
Wildlife to spot
44,437 records · National Biodiversity NetworkJackdaw · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Robin +33
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- MagpiePica pica
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Common GullLarus canus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Badger
🐝Insects29 species
winterspring
2026▾
Hebrew Character · Small Quaker · Common Quaker · Scarlet Tiger · Dotted Chestnut +24
- Hebrew CharacterOrthosia gothica
- Small QuakerOrthosia cruda
- Common QuakerOrthosia cerasi
- Scarlet TigerCallimorpha dominula
- Dotted ChestnutConistra rubiginea
- ChestnutConistra vaccinii
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
44,437 records · National Biodiversity NetworkJackdaw · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Robin +33
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- MagpiePica pica
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Common GullLarus canus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Badger
🐝Insects29 species
winterspring
2026▾
Hebrew Character · Small Quaker · Common Quaker · Scarlet Tiger · Dotted Chestnut +24
- Hebrew CharacterOrthosia gothica
- Small QuakerOrthosia cruda
- Common QuakerOrthosia cerasi
- Scarlet TigerCallimorpha dominula
- Dotted ChestnutConistra rubiginea
- ChestnutConistra vaccinii
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Oak Beauty
Oak Beauty
Biston strataria
Biston strataria
Early GreyXylocampa areolaEarly GreyXylocampa areolaEarly Oak Gall MothPammene giganteanaEarly Oak Gall MothPammene giganteanaYellow HornedAchlya flavicornisYellow HornedAchlya flavicornisBlack-shouldered GreyCarpatolechia decorellaBlack-shouldered GreyCarpatolechia decorellaSmall Brindled BeautyApocheima hispidariaSmall Brindled BeautyApocheima hispidariaOak NycteolineNycteola revayanaOak NycteolineNycteola revayanaSpring UsherAgriopis leucophaeariaSpring UsherAgriopis leucophaeariaLead-coloured DrabOrthosia populetiLead-coloured DrabOrthosia populetiPine BeautyPanolis flammeaPine BeautyPanolis flammeaClouded DrabOrthosia incertaClouded DrabOrthosia incertaStreamerAnticlea derivataStreamerAnticlea derivataShoulder StripeEarophila badiataShoulder StripeEarophila badiataFrosted GreenPolyploca ridensFrosted GreenPolyploca ridensCommon BagwormPsyche castaCommon BagwormPsyche castaMarch TubicDiurnea fagellaMarch TubicDiurnea fagellaTwin-spotted QuakerAnorthoa mundaTwin-spotted QuakerAnorthoa mundaDotted BorderAgriopis marginariaDotted BorderAgriopis marginariaMarch MothAlsophila aesculariaMarch MothAlsophila aesculariaSpring HarbingerTortricodes alternellaSpring HarbingerTortricodes alternellaBrindled PugEupithecia abbreviataBrindled PugEupithecia abbreviataDouble-striped PugGymnoscelis rufifasciataDouble-striped PugGymnoscelis rufifasciataPale Brindled BeautyPhigalia pilosariaPale Brindled BeautyPhigalia pilosariaEvents & activities nearby
Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
Bookable tours