Paddock Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland4 ha
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
51.42658, -0.65488
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
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
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 · 6 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
29 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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Wildlife to spot
48,476 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
48,476 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Jackdaw · Song Thrush · Pheasant · Blackbird +23
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- TealAnas crecca
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Muntjac · Roe Deer · Wood Mouse +4
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects4 species
springautumn
2026▾
Brown Tree Ant · Minotaur Beetle · 7-spot Ladybird · Pale Tussock
- Brown Tree AntLasius brunneus
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Pale TussockCalliteara pudibunda2025
Forked Veilwort · Dilated Scalewort · Swan's-neck Thyme-moss · Common Smoothcap · Springy Turf-moss
- Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata
- Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata
- Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum
- Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
48,476 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Jackdaw · Song Thrush · Pheasant · Blackbird +23
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- TealAnas crecca
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Muntjac · Roe Deer · Wood Mouse +4
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects4 species
springautumn
2026▾
Brown Tree Ant · Minotaur Beetle · 7-spot Ladybird · Pale Tussock
- Brown Tree AntLasius brunneus
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Pale TussockCalliteara pudibunda2025
Forked Veilwort · Dilated Scalewort · Swan's-neck Thyme-moss · Common Smoothcap · Springy Turf-moss
- Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata
- Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata
- Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum
- Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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