The Grove - Conifer woodland
6 ha
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🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
51.43413, -0.66913
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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
Named cycling route nearby: Round Berkshire Cycle Route
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Three Castles PathWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Ramblers RouteWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Strood Lanepublic footpath · 525 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 525 mSurface unpavedPath type: footway
33 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
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
Hodge Lanerestricted byway · 416 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 416 mSurface asphaltPath type: service
Hodge Lanerestricted byway · 155 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 155 mPath type: bridleway
Woodside Roadrestricted byway · 83 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 83 mPath type: service
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Wildlife to spot
15,928 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
15,928 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
springsummer
2025▾
Blackbird · Great Tit · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit +39
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- CootFulica atra
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Common GullLarus canus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
🦌Mammals10 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Roe Deer · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel +5
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Common Darter · Ruddy Darter · Migrant Hawker · Beech Leaf-miner · Beech Dot +10
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Beech Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter maestingella
- Beech DotStigmella hemargyrella
- Five-spot DotEctoedemia quinquella
- Small Beech Dot
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
15,928 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
springsummer
2025▾
Blackbird · Great Tit · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit +39
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- CootFulica atra
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Common GullLarus canus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
🦌Mammals10 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Roe Deer · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel +5
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Common Darter · Ruddy Darter · Migrant Hawker · Beech Leaf-miner · Beech Dot +10
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Beech Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter maestingella
- Beech DotStigmella hemargyrella
- Five-spot DotEctoedemia quinquella
- Small Beech Dot
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Eurasian Serotine
Eurasian Serotine
Cnephaeus serotinus2025
Cnephaeus serotinus2025
NoctuleNyctalus noctula2025NoctuleNyctalus noctula2025Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2025Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2025HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025Stigmella tityrella
Stigmella tityrella
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridisWillow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridisSouthern HawkerAeshna cyaneaSouthern HawkerAeshna cyaneaSmall Red DamselflyCeriagrion tenellumSmall Red DamselflyCeriagrion tenellumAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaCommon Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulvaCommon Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulvaYellow ShellCamptogramma bilineataYellow ShellCamptogramma bilineataBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaStag BeetleLucanus cervusStag BeetleLucanus cervusEvents & activities nearby
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