Simons Wood - Conifer woodland
10 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome10 ha
Getting here
51.38129, -0.83809
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
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km13 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Three Castles PathWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Ambarrow Hill CircuitWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Ambarrow Court CircuitWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Wildlife WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Coombes Circular WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Soldiers Risepublic footpath · 283 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 283 mSurface unpavedPath type: residential
16 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Yellow RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef YellowLocal cycle route
California GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Round Berkshire Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Route 422Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 422National Cycle Network
Route 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 2Local cycle route
Bracknell Western RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
5 public paths nearby
Public paths
Tintagel Roadbyway open to all traffic · 279 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 279 mSurface compactedPath type: track
Hollybush Riderestricted byway · 648 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 648 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Range Roadbyway open to all traffic · 568 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 568 mSurface unpavedPath type: track
Hollybush Riderestricted byway · 290 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 290 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
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Wildlife to spot
19,164 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
19,164 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds55 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Great Tit · Magpie · Mallard +50
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- CootFulica atra
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RavenCorvus corax
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- TealAnas crecca
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
🦌Mammals1 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐝Insects29 species
springsummer
2025▾
Black-tailed Skimmer · Large Red Damselfly · Red-eyed Damselfly · Jersey Tiger · Emperor Dragonfly +24
- Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas
- Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
19,164 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds55 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Great Tit · Magpie · Mallard +50
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- CootFulica atra
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RavenCorvus corax
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- TealAnas crecca
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
🦌Mammals1 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐝Insects29 species
springsummer
2025▾
Black-tailed Skimmer · Large Red Damselfly · Red-eyed Damselfly · Jersey Tiger · Emperor Dragonfly +24
- Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas
- Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
