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Chobham Road Recreation Ground

4 ha

📷 Robin Webster · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha

Getting here

51.31780, -0.73719

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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
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground on site — 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 on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· PaidPlayground

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Great Tit, Blue Tit, Robin +59 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Great Tit, Blue Tit, Robin +59 more · last seen 2026

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground; Urban park — family destination

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Stag Beetle, Clogmia albipunctata +10 more · last seen 2025; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Stag Beetle, Clogmia albipunctata +10 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

9 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Three Castles PathWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Wildlife WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Blackwater Valley PathWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Basingstoke CanalWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

The Wokingham WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

16 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Rushmoor Cycle Network [FS]Cycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Route 221Cycling route

Named routeRef 221National Cycle Network

Farnborough Pyestock GateCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Blackwater Valley Red RouteCycling route

Named routeRef redLocal cycle route

Rushmoor Cycle Network [FF]Cycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Rushmoor Cycle Network [FC]Cycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

🚵

Mountain biking

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Basingstoke Canal TowpathMountain bike route

Named route

Blackwater Valley Multi-User PathMountain bike route

Named route

Cove Brook Greenway, FarnboroughMountain bike route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Bike Swinley RedMountain bike route

Named routeRef Red

Wildlife to spot

33,091 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

33,091 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds65 species

springautumnwinter

2026

Great Tit · Blue Tit · Robin · Woodpigeon · Dunnock +60

Great TitParus major
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RobinErithacus rubecula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
DunnockPrunella modularis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MagpiePica pica
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
NuthatchSitta europaea
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
JayGarrulus glandarius
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
CootFulica atra2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Black SwanCygnus atratus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024

🦌

Mammals3 species

summerwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Mole · Red Fox

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
MoleTalpa europaea2024
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024

🦎

Reptiles1 species

summer

2025

Slow-worm

Slow-wormAnguis fragilis

🐸

Amphibians3 species

spring

2025

frogs and toads · Salamanders, Sirens and Newts · Common Frog

frogs and toadsAnura
Salamanders, Sirens and NewtsCaudata
Common FrogRana temporaria2024

🐝

Insects13 species

springsummer

2025

7-spot Ladybird · Stag Beetle · Clogmia albipunctata · Common Blue Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly +8

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Stag BeetleLucanus cervus
Clogmia albipunctataClogmia albipunctata
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
a weevilCurculionidae
CheilosiaCheilosia
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus2024
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2024
Rose ChaferCetonia aurata2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

33,091 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds65 species

springautumnwinter

2026

Great Tit · Blue Tit · Robin · Woodpigeon · Dunnock +60

Great TitParus major
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RobinErithacus rubecula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
DunnockPrunella modularis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MagpiePica pica
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
NuthatchSitta europaea
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
JayGarrulus glandarius
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
CootFulica atra2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Black SwanCygnus atratus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024

🦌

Mammals3 species

summerwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Mole · Red Fox

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
MoleTalpa europaea2024
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024

🦎

Reptiles1 species

summer

2025

Slow-worm

Slow-wormAnguis fragilis

🐸

Amphibians3 species

spring

2025

frogs and toads · Salamanders, Sirens and Newts · Common Frog

frogs and toadsAnura
Salamanders, Sirens and NewtsCaudata
Common FrogRana temporaria2024

🐝

Insects13 species

springsummer

2025

7-spot Ladybird · Stag Beetle · Clogmia albipunctata · Common Blue Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly +8

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Stag BeetleLucanus cervus
Clogmia albipunctataClogmia albipunctata
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
a weevilCurculionidae
CheilosiaCheilosia
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus2024
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2024
Rose ChaferCetonia aurata2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Robin Webster · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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