Cranbourne Chase - Conifer woodland
✦ Ancient woodland3 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
51.44692, -0.64993
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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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Three Castles PathWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Thames PathWalking route296 km▾
Named routeRef TPLength 296 kmNational walking route
European walking route E2 west, UK, South East EnglandWalking 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 routeRef E2International walking route
Ramblers RouteWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
66 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
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6,751 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
6,751 records · National Biodiversity NetworkJackdaw · Mallard · Woodpigeon · Pied Wagtail · Herring Gull +39
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- CootFulica atra
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Brown Hare · Muntjac · Grey Squirrel · Badger
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BadgerMeles meles
🦎Reptiles1 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects52 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Blue Damselfly · Common Darter · Migrant Hawker · Ruddy Darter · Azure Damselfly +47
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Silvanus unidentatusSilvanus unidentatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,751 records · National Biodiversity NetworkJackdaw · Mallard · Woodpigeon · Pied Wagtail · Herring Gull +39
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- CootFulica atra
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Brown Hare · Muntjac · Grey Squirrel · Badger
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BadgerMeles meles
🦎Reptiles1 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects52 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Blue Damselfly · Common Darter · Migrant Hawker · Ruddy Darter · Azure Damselfly +47
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Silvanus unidentatusSilvanus unidentatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Red-eyed Damselfly
Red-eyed Damselfly
Erythromma najas
Erythromma najas
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