Simons Wood - Broadleaved woodland
10 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome10 ha
Getting here
51.38182, -0.84242
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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ 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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
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
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Broadleaved woodland — spring blossom and autumn colour
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km12 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Three Castles PathWalking route▾
Named routeRegional 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
Coombes Circular WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
15 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Yellow RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef YellowLocal cycle route
California GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Round Berkshire Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Route 422Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 422National Cycle Network
Route 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 2Local cycle route
Arborfield Useful Cycle RoutesCycling route▾
14 public paths nearby
Public paths
Range Roadbyway open to all traffic · 568 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 568 mSurface unpavedPath type: track
Tintagel Roadbyway open to all traffic · 279 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 279 mSurface compactedPath type: track
Wick Hill Lanerestricted byway · 123 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 123 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Wick Hill Lanebridleway · 115 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 115 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Windsor Riderestricted byway · 46 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 46 mSurface asphaltPath type: path
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Wildlife to spot
16,712 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
16,712 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Robin · Magpie · Mallard +34
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- CootFulica atra
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RavenCorvus corax
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
🦌Mammals1 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2024▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects44 species
springsummer
2025▾
Azure Damselfly · Red-eyed Damselfly · Black-tailed Skimmer · Large Red Damselfly · Willow Emerald Damselfly +39
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas
- Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria
Sphagnum denticulatum · Blunt-leaved Bog-moss · Polytrichum commune s.str.
- Sphagnum denticulatumSphagnum denticulatum
- Blunt-leaved Bog-mossSphagnum palustre
- Polytrichum commune s.str.Polytrichum commune s.str.
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
16,712 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Robin · Magpie · Mallard +34
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- CootFulica atra
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RavenCorvus corax
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
🦌Mammals1 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2024▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects44 species
springsummer
2025▾
Azure Damselfly · Red-eyed Damselfly · Black-tailed Skimmer · Large Red Damselfly · Willow Emerald Damselfly +39
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas
- Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria
Sphagnum denticulatum · Blunt-leaved Bog-moss · Polytrichum commune s.str.
- Sphagnum denticulatumSphagnum denticulatum
- Blunt-leaved Bog-mossSphagnum palustre
- Polytrichum commune s.str.Polytrichum commune s.str.
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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