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Great Wood - Broadleaved woodland

✦ Ancient woodland15 ha

📷 don cload · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

WildlifeForagingSeasonal
Free entryDogs welcome15 ha

Getting here

51.48742, -0.76480

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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

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
  • 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Bike parkingParking

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland

Free

Foraging

Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants

Varies

Seasonal nature

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour

Free

Bird watching

Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds

Free

Insect spotting

Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens

Free

Heritage

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
🚶

Walking

8 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Ramblers RouteWalking route
Named routeLocal walking route
Maidenhead Boundary WalkWalking route
Named routeRef MBWLocal walking 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
Heywood Farm Barnspublic footpath · 759 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 759 mPath type: track
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Cycling

69 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Route 50Cycling route
Named routeRef 50National Cycle Network
Oaken Grove linkCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Ray Mill linkCycling route
Named routeLocal 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
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Horse riding

1 public path nearby

Public paths
Snowball Hillrestricted byway · 837 m
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 837 mPath type: track

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Dead hedging

📷 don cload · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Dead hedging

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱Oaken Grove ParkUrban park4.9 km→🌱Ockwells ParkUrban park2.4 km→🌱Desborough ParkUrban park3.4 km→🌱Grenfell ParkUrban park4.5 km→🦉OCKWELLS PARKNature reserve2.6 km→🌱Thurlby Way Open SpaceUrban park2.8 km→

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