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🛝 Family🧺 Picnic🎠 Play
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 39 ha
Getting here
51.38014, -0.87221
Open directionsv Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ ☀️ June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ Visiting this summer
☀️ June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome☕ Café🅿️ Parking🛝 Playground🚻 Toilets
🛝 Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Country park — designed for family visits
Free
🧺 Picnic day out
Very strong match
café, toilets, car park; Country park — good for group day out
Free
🎠 Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
Dogs allowed — country park
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 11 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Three Castles Path Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Ambarrow Hill Circuit Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Ambarrow Court Circuit Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Coombes Circular Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Finchampstead Ridges Ramble, Finchampstead Ridges Walking route 2.2 km ▾
A waymarked trail across Finchampstead Ridges, with views toward the Hog's Back ridge in Surrey. The route takes in two ponds, a woodland section, with slopes & opportunities to spot wildlife including birds of prey, deer and colourful dragonflies
Named route Length 2.2 km Duration 00:45 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map 15 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 19 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 19 Local cycle route
Show on map California Greenway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Round Berkshire Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Three Mile Cross/Shinfield Village LCN Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Route 422 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 422 National Cycle Network
Show on map Route 2 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 2 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
Show on map 14 public paths nearby
Public paths
Warren Lane bridleway · 73 m ▾
Public path bridleway Length 73 m Surface asphalt Path type: residential
Show on map Warren Lane bridleway · 482 m ▾
Public path bridleway Length 482 m Surface dirt Path type: residential
Show on map Warren Lane bridleway · 220 m ▾
Public path bridleway Length 220 m Surface compacted Path type: residential
Show on map Photos Longmoor Lake in California Country Park
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Wildlife to spot
13,220 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 13,220 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 31 species
winter spring
2025 ▾
Robin · Woodpigeon · Mallard · Great Tit · Magpie +26
Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Great Tit Parus major Magpie Pica pica Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Blackbird Turdus merula2024 Coot Fulica atra2024 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2024 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2024 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2024 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2024 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2024 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2024 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2024 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2024 Greylag Goose Anser anser2024 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2024 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2024 Coal Tit Periparus ater Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Dunnock Prunella modularis Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2024 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2024 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2024 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2024 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2023 🦌 Mammals 11 species
spring summer autumn winter
2025 ▾
Field Vole · Wood Mouse · Soprano Pipistrelle · Bank Vole · Common Pipistrelle +6
Field Vole Microtus agrestis Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Bank Vole Myodes glareolus Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Slow-worm
🐸 Amphibians 1 species
autumn
2025 ▾
Common Toad
Meadow Brown · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Large Yellow Underwing · Pine Carpet · Black Rustic +53
Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina2024 Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba2023 Pine Carpet Pennithera firmata2023 Black Rustic Aporophyla nigra2023 Box Tree Moth Cydalima perspectalis Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 13,220 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 31 species
winter spring
2025 ▾
Robin · Woodpigeon · Mallard · Great Tit · Magpie +26
Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Great Tit Parus major Magpie Pica pica Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Blackbird Turdus merula2024 Coot Fulica atra2024 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2024 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2024 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2024 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2024 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2024 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2024 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2024 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2024 Greylag Goose Anser anser2024 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2024 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2024 Coal Tit Periparus ater Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Dunnock Prunella modularis Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2024 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2024 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2024 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2024 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2023 🦌 Mammals 11 species
spring summer autumn winter
2025 ▾
Field Vole · Wood Mouse · Soprano Pipistrelle · Bank Vole · Common Pipistrelle +6
Field Vole Microtus agrestis Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Bank Vole Myodes glareolus Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Slow-worm
🐸 Amphibians 1 species
autumn
2025 ▾
Common Toad
Meadow Brown · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Large Yellow Underwing · Pine Carpet · Black Rustic +53
Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina2024 Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba2023 Pine Carpet Pennithera firmata2023 Black Rustic Aporophyla nigra2023 Box Tree Moth Cydalima perspectalis Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Rabbit
Rabbit
Oryctolagus cuniculus
Oryctolagus cuniculus
Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus
Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus
Yellow-necked Mouse Apodemus flavicollis2024
Yellow-necked Mouse Apodemus flavicollis2024
Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus2024
Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus2024
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2024
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2024
Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2023
Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2023 2023
2023
Australian Orange-tip Tachystola acroxantha2023
Australian Orange-tip Tachystola acroxantha2023
Lunar Underwing Anchoscelis lunosa2023
Lunar Underwing Anchoscelis lunosa2023
Marbled White Melanargia galathea2024
Marbled White Melanargia galathea2024
Chestnut Conistra vaccinii2023
Chestnut Conistra vaccinii2023
Lesser Yellow Underwing Noctua comes2023
Lesser Yellow Underwing Noctua comes2023
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum
Least Carpet Idaea rusticata
Least Carpet Idaea rusticata
Small Skipper Thymelicus sylvestris2024
Small Skipper Thymelicus sylvestris2024
Merveille du Jour Griposia aprilina2023
Merveille du Jour Griposia aprilina2023
Snout Hypena proboscidalis2023
Snout Hypena proboscidalis2023
Deep-brown Dart Aporophyla lueneburgensis2023
Deep-brown Dart Aporophyla lueneburgensis2023
Pale Tussock Calliteara pudibunda2023
Pale Tussock Calliteara pudibunda2023
Winter Moth Operophtera brumata
Winter Moth Operophtera brumata
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea
Chequered Fruit-tree Tortrix Pandemis corylana
Chequered Fruit-tree Tortrix Pandemis corylana
Dark Bordered Pearl Evergestis limbata
Dark Bordered Pearl Evergestis limbata
Tawny-barred Angle Macaria liturata
Tawny-barred Angle Macaria liturata
Juniper Shieldbug Cyphostethus tristriatus
Juniper Shieldbug Cyphostethus tristriatus
Jersey Tiger Euplagia quadripunctaria
Jersey Tiger Euplagia quadripunctaria
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus
True Lover's Knot Lycophotia porphyrea
True Lover's Knot Lycophotia porphyrea
Gypsy Moth Lymantria dispar
Gypsy Moth Lymantria dispar
Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca
Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca
Red Poplar Leaf Beetle Chrysomela populi
Red Poplar Leaf Beetle Chrysomela populi
Large Willow Aphid Tuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2024
Large Willow Aphid Tuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2024
Small White Pieris rapae2024
Small White Pieris rapae2024
White Ermine Spilosoma lubricipeda2024
White Ermine Spilosoma lubricipeda2024
Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2024
Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2024
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2024
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2024
Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus2024
Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus2024
Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum2024
Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum2024
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2024
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2024
Brown China-mark Elophila nymphaeata2024
Brown China-mark Elophila nymphaeata2024
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2024
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2024
Green-brindled Crescent Allophyes oxyacanthae2023
Green-brindled Crescent Allophyes oxyacanthae2023
Yellow-Line Quaker Leptologia macilenta2023
Yellow-Line Quaker Leptologia macilenta2023
Red-green Carpet Chloroclysta siterata2023
Red-green Carpet Chloroclysta siterata2023
Beaded Chestnut Agrochola lychnidis2023
Beaded Chestnut Agrochola lychnidis2023
Satellite Eupsilia transversa2023
Satellite Eupsilia transversa2023
Barred Sallow Tiliacea aurago2023
Barred Sallow Tiliacea aurago2023
Wakely's Dowd Blastobasis lacticolella2023
Wakely's Dowd Blastobasis lacticolella2023
White-point Mythimna albipuncta2023
White-point Mythimna albipuncta2023
Brindled Green Dryobotodes eremita2023
Brindled Green Dryobotodes eremita2023
Cypress Pug Eupithecia phoeniceata2023
Cypress Pug Eupithecia phoeniceata2023
Kite-tailed Robberfly Machimus atricapillus2023
Kite-tailed Robberfly Machimus atricapillus2023
Vine's Rustic Hoplodrina ambigua2023
Vine's Rustic Hoplodrina ambigua2023
Rosy Rustic Hydraecia micacea2023
Rosy Rustic Hydraecia micacea2023
Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria2023
Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria2023
Meal Moth Pyralis farinalis2023
Meal Moth Pyralis farinalis2023 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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