Oak Grove - Broadleaved woodland
11 ha
🦅Birds🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome11 ha
Getting here
51.32701, -0.77087
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Blackwater Station 9m away — 20 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
- 🅿️Blackwater Station 9m away — 20 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking· Paid
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland meadows — marbled white, meadow brown and pollinating insects
Free
〰Waterside walks
Good match
Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km13 signed routes nearby · 18 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Three Castles PathWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Fleet Pond Yellow RouteWalking route▾
Named routeRef yellowLocal walking route
Ambarrow Hill CircuitWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Ambarrow Court CircuitWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Wildlife WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
17 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Rushmoor Cycle Network [FS]Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 221Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 221National Cycle Network
Farnborough Pyestock GateCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Round Berkshire Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Blackwater Valley Red RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef redLocal cycle route
Rushmoor Cycle Network [FF]Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Fleet Pond Blue TrackMountain bike route▾
Basingstoke Canal TowpathMountain bike route▾
Blackwater Valley Multi-User PathMountain bike route▾
Cove Brook Greenway, FarnboroughMountain bike route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Bike Swinley RedMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Red
Bike Swinley BlueMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Blue
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Wildlife to spot
17,654 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
17,654 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
springautumnwinter
2026▾
Magpie · Carrion Crow · Robin · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Goldcrest +43
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Harvest Mouse · Indet. Deer
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
- Indet. DeerCervidae
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2026▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2025
🐝Insects9 species
springsummer
2025▾
Stag Beetle · Hornet Hoverfly · Goat Moth · Common Darter · Southern Hawker +4
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
- Goat MothCossus cossus
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
🌿Plants2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Yellow-rattle · Honeysuckle
- Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
- HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
17,654 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
springautumnwinter
2026▾
Magpie · Carrion Crow · Robin · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Goldcrest +43
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Harvest Mouse · Indet. Deer
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
- Indet. DeerCervidae
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2026▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2025
🐝Insects9 species
springsummer
2025▾
Stag Beetle · Hornet Hoverfly · Goat Moth · Common Darter · Southern Hawker +4
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
- Goat MothCossus cossus
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
🌿Plants2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Yellow-rattle · Honeysuckle
- Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
- HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
7-spot Ladybird
7-spot Ladybird
Coccinella septempunctata
Coccinella septempunctata
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