The Wilderness - Broadleaved woodland 1 ha
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🌿 Foraging
Free entry Dogs welcome 1 ha
Places › England › South East › Reading Getting here
51.43880, -0.95639
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 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🛝 Playground 230m 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 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🛝 Playground 230m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking· Free 🛝 Playground
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
🌲 Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 7 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
European walking route E2 west, UK, South East England Walking 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 route Ref E2 International walking route
Show on map Kennet and Avon Canal Trail Walking route 140 km ▾
Rivers linked by a canal. The name refers to the entire navigable length. From Bristol the way is the Avon. The canal is from Bath to Newbury. From there to Reading the way is the Kennet. 53 locks to Summit Pound (150 m asl) and 54 down to Reading.
Named route Ref K&A Length 140 km Regional walking route
Show on map The Wokingham Way Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map St James' Way Walking route 110 km ▾
Named route Ref SJW Length 110 km Regional walking route
Show on map Coombes Circular Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Chancellor's Way public footpath · 7 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 7 m Surface asphalt Path type: unclassified
Show on map Chancellor's Way public footpath · 278 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 278 m Surface asphalt Path type: unclassified
Show on map 159 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 5 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 5 National Cycle Network
Show on map Barkham Useful Cycle Routes Cycling route ▾
Route 19 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 19 Local cycle route
Show on map Link to NCN 4 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref NCN4 Link Local cycle route
Show on map Woodley, Earley Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Route CR5 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref CR5 Local cycle route
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
King Alfred's Way Mountain bike route ▾
King Alfreds Way is 350km (220 miles) off road route designed to be ridden clockwise. It starts & ends in Winchester. It is suitable for gravel or cross-country bikes.
Named route Regional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
75,142 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 75,142 records · National Biodiversity Network Robin · Tufted Duck · Wren · Canada Goose · Jay +24
Robin Erithacus rubecula Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Canada Goose Branta canadensis Jay Garrulus glandarius Greylag Goose Anser anser Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Coot Fulica atra Nuthatch Sitta europaea Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Blackbird Turdus merula Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Gadwall Mareca strepera Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Dunnock Prunella modularis Magpie Pica pica Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Goldcrest Regulus regulus Mute Swan Cygnus olor Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Great Tit Parus major Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Brown Rat · Grey Squirrel · Mole
Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Mole Talpa europaea 🐸 Amphibians 3 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Smooth Newt · Common Toad · Common Frog
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Toad Bufo bufo Common Frog Rana temporaria Eristalis pertinax · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Psectrotanypus varius · Nalassus laevioctostriatus · Brown Tree Ant +3
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Psectrotanypus varius Psectrotanypus varius Nalassus laevioctostriatus Nalassus laevioctostriatus Brown Tree Ant Lasius brunneus Pine Ladybird Exochomus quadripustulatus Epistrophe eligans Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 75,142 records · National Biodiversity Network Robin · Tufted Duck · Wren · Canada Goose · Jay +24
Robin Erithacus rubecula Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Canada Goose Branta canadensis Jay Garrulus glandarius Greylag Goose Anser anser Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Coot Fulica atra Nuthatch Sitta europaea Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Blackbird Turdus merula Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Gadwall Mareca strepera Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Dunnock Prunella modularis Magpie Pica pica Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Goldcrest Regulus regulus Mute Swan Cygnus olor Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Great Tit Parus major Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Brown Rat · Grey Squirrel · Mole
Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Mole Talpa europaea 🐸 Amphibians 3 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Smooth Newt · Common Toad · Common Frog
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Toad Bufo bufo Common Frog Rana temporaria Eristalis pertinax · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Psectrotanypus varius · Nalassus laevioctostriatus · Brown Tree Ant +3
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Psectrotanypus varius Psectrotanypus varius Nalassus laevioctostriatus Nalassus laevioctostriatus Brown Tree Ant Lasius brunneus Pine Ladybird Exochomus quadripustulatus Epistrophe eligans Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Epistrophe eligans
Epistrophe eligans
Carabus nemoralis Carabus nemoralis
Carabus nemoralis Carabus nemoralis 