Platt's Firs - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🎠Play🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.40268, -0.67619
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
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 247m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 247m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
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 km2 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Three Castles PathWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Ramblers RouteWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
17 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
Yellow RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef YellowLocal cycle route
Bracknell Forest Blue RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef BlueLocal cycle route
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Bike Swinley RedMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Red
Bike Swinley BlueMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Blue
Bike Swinley GreenMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Green
1 public path nearby
Public paths
St Georges Lanebyway open to all traffic · 17 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 17 mSurface asphaltPath type: track
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
38,225 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
38,225 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds35 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Black-headed Gull · Mallard · Grey Heron · Moorhen · Robin +30
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- RavenCorvus corax
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
Grey Squirrel · Wood Mouse · Badger · Soprano Pipistrelle · Roe Deer +2
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2025
- BadgerMeles meles
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
- Pine MartenMartes martes2025
🦎Reptiles4 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Common Lizard · Slow-worm · Grass Snake · Adder
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara2025
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica2025
- AdderVipera berus2025
🐸Amphibians3 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad · Palmate Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus2025
Common Darter · Migrant Hawker · Ruddy Darter · Southern Hawker · Common Blue Damselfly +9
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
38,225 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds35 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Black-headed Gull · Mallard · Grey Heron · Moorhen · Robin +30
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- RavenCorvus corax
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
Grey Squirrel · Wood Mouse · Badger · Soprano Pipistrelle · Roe Deer +2
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2025
- BadgerMeles meles
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
- Pine MartenMartes martes2025
🦎Reptiles4 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Common Lizard · Slow-worm · Grass Snake · Adder
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara2025
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica2025
- AdderVipera berus2025
🐸Amphibians3 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad · Palmate Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus2025
Common Darter · Migrant Hawker · Ruddy Darter · Southern Hawker · Common Blue Damselfly +9
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025HedgehogErinaceus europaeus20252025
2025
Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeusMinotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeusWinter MothOperophtera brumata2025Winter MothOperophtera brumata2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025Himacerus (Anaptus) majorHimacerus (Anaptus) major2025Himacerus (Anaptus) majorHimacerus (Anaptus) major2025Rhododendron LeafhopperGraphocephala fennahi2025Rhododendron LeafhopperGraphocephala fennahi2025Pale TussockCalliteara pudibunda2025Pale TussockCalliteara pudibunda2025Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025