The Belt - Broadleaved woodland
13 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🌿Foraging🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome13 ha
Getting here
51.39064, -0.67053
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 on site — 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 on site — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Three Castles PathWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Lightwater Country Park PurpleWalking route▾
Named routeRef purpleLocal walking route
Lightwater Country Park orangeWalking route▾
Named routeRef OrangeLocal walking route
Ramblers RouteWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
St Mary's Roadpublic footpath · 290 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 290 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Monks Walkpublic footpath · 434 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 434 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
St Mary's Roadpublic footpath · 392 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 392 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
16 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
Route 422Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 422National Cycle Network
Bracknell Forest Blue RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef BlueLocal cycle route
Bracknell Forest Green RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef GreenLocal cycle route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Bike Swinley RedMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Red
Bike Swinley BlueMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Blue
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Wildlife to spot
13,967 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
13,967 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds24 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Jay · Long-tailed Tit · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Jackdaw +19
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- RavenCorvus corax
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Noctule · Wood Mouse · Long-eared Bat species +8
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- Long-eared Bat speciesPlecotus
- Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus
- Grey Squirrel
🦎Reptiles4 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Common Lizard · Slow-worm · Grass Snake · Adder
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara2025
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica2025
- AdderVipera berus2025
🐸Amphibians3 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog · Palmate Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus2025
🐝Insects38 species
springsummer
2025▾
Azure Damselfly · Broad-bodied Chaser · Four-spotted Chaser · Keeled Skimmer · Common Blue Damselfly +33
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
- Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,967 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds24 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Jay · Long-tailed Tit · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Jackdaw +19
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- RavenCorvus corax
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Noctule · Wood Mouse · Long-eared Bat species +8
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- Long-eared Bat speciesPlecotus
- Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus
- Grey Squirrel
🦎Reptiles4 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Common Lizard · Slow-worm · Grass Snake · Adder
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara2025
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica2025
- AdderVipera berus2025
🐸Amphibians3 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog · Palmate Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus2025
🐝Insects38 species
springsummer
2025▾
Azure Damselfly · Broad-bodied Chaser · Four-spotted Chaser · Keeled Skimmer · Common Blue Damselfly +33
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
- Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Sciurus carolinensis
Sciurus carolinensis
BadgerMeles melesBadgerMeles melesMuntjacMuntiacus reevesiMuntjacMuntiacus reevesiHedgehogErinaceus europaeusHedgehogErinaceus europaeusRed FoxVulpes vulpesRed FoxVulpes vulpesMyotis Bat speciesMyotisMyotis Bat speciesMyotisBrown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritusBrown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritusSmall Red DamselflyCeriagrion tenellumSmall Red DamselflyCeriagrion tenellumCommon DarterSympetrum striolatumCommon DarterSympetrum striolatumRuddy DarterSympetrum sanguineumRuddy DarterSympetrum sanguineumEmerald DamselflyLestes sponsaEmerald DamselflyLestes sponsaEmperor DragonflyAnax imperatorEmperor DragonflyAnax imperatorLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaHairy DragonflyBrachytron pratenseHairy DragonflyBrachytron pratenseDowny EmeraldCordulia aeneaDowny EmeraldCordulia aeneaMigrant HawkerAeshna mixtaMigrant HawkerAeshna mixtaPale TussockCalliteara pudibundaPale TussockCalliteara pudibundaBlue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegansBlue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegansBlack-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatumBlack-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatumCinnabarTyria jacobaeaeCinnabarTyria jacobaeaeRose ChaferCetonia aurataRose ChaferCetonia aurataWinter MothOperophtera brumataWinter MothOperophtera brumataMinotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeusMinotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeusHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHimacerus (Anaptus) majorHimacerus (Anaptus) majorHimacerus (Anaptus) majorHimacerus (Anaptus) majorRhododendron LeafhopperGraphocephala fennahiRhododendron LeafhopperGraphocephala fennahiPine Hawk-mothSphinx pinastriPine Hawk-mothSphinx pinastriLong-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscusLong-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscusGolden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltoniiGolden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltoniiRoesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeseliiRoesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeseliiWillow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridisWillow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridisBeautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgoBeautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgoBeautiful Yellow UnderwingAnarta myrtilliBeautiful Yellow UnderwingAnarta myrtilliBrown HawkerAeshna grandisBrown HawkerAeshna grandisSpeckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissimaSpeckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissimaStag BeetleLucanus cervusStag BeetleLucanus cervusBatman HoverflyMyathropa floreaBatman HoverflyMyathropa floreaBlack-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccineaBlack-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccineaBrown Silver-linePetrophora chlorosataBrown Silver-linePetrophora chlorosataEvents & activities nearby
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