South Forest - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland34 ha
Plan your visit
🍂Seasonal🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome34 ha
Getting here
51.43363, -0.65018
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 308m away — 2 car parks within reach
🌤️ 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 308m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £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
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Three Castles PathWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking 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
Strood Lanepublic footpath · 525 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 525 mSurface unpavedPath type: footway
32 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 4Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4National Cycle Network
Bracknell Northern RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Round Berkshire Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Round Berkshire Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Route 422Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 422National Cycle Network
Bracknell Forest Blue RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef BlueLocal cycle route
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
13,751 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
13,751 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
springautumn
2026▾
Blue Tit · Robin · Blackbird · Pheasant · Wren +32
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- CootFulica atra
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
🦌Mammals10 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Muntjac · Eurasian Serotine · Rabbit +5
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🦎Reptiles1 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Small Red Damselfly · Nalassus laevioctostriatus · Common Darter · Ruddy Darter · Migrant Hawker +48
- Small Red DamselflyCeriagrion tenellum
- Nalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatus
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Pycnomerus fuliginosusPycnomerus fuliginosus
- Blue-tailed Damselfly
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,751 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
springautumn
2026▾
Blue Tit · Robin · Blackbird · Pheasant · Wren +32
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- CootFulica atra
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
🦌Mammals10 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Muntjac · Eurasian Serotine · Rabbit +5
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🦎Reptiles1 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Small Red Damselfly · Nalassus laevioctostriatus · Common Darter · Ruddy Darter · Migrant Hawker +48
- Small Red DamselflyCeriagrion tenellum
- Nalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatus
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Pycnomerus fuliginosusPycnomerus fuliginosus
- Blue-tailed Damselfly
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Badger
Badger
Meles meles
Meles meles
PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellusPipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellusNoctuleNyctalus noctulaNoctuleNyctalus noctulaDaubenton's BatMyotis daubentoniiDaubenton's BatMyotis daubentoniiIschnura elegans
Ischnura elegans
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