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Bisley Common

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha

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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 167m away — 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 167m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPlayground

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Robin +42 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Robin +42 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 — Minotaur Beetle, Gorse Weevil, Marmalade Hoverfly +6 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Minotaur Beetle, Gorse Weevil, Marmalade Hoverfly +6 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby · 20 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Basingstoke CanalWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

The Fox WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Pirbright walk (SCC)Walking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Lightwater Country Park PurpleWalking route

Named routeRef purpleLocal walking route

Lightwater Country Park orangeWalking route

Named routeRef OrangeLocal walking route

Stafford Lakepublic footpath · 53 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 53 mSurface compactedPath type: track

Stafford Lakepublic footpath · 67 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 67 mSurface dirtPath type: track

Stafford Lake Farmpublic footpath · 72 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 72 mSurface compactedPath type: service

🚴

Cycling

44 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Calypso TrailCycling route

Named routeRef Calypso (7)Local cycle route

Saturn Trail (link)Cycling route

Named routeRef SaturnLocal cycle route

Route 223Cycling route

Named routeRef 223National Cycle Network

Europa TrailCycling route

Named routeRef Europa (8)Local cycle route

Ganymede TrailCycling route

Named routeRef GanymedeLocal cycle route

Hyperion TrailCycling route

Named routeRef HyperionLocal cycle route

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Basingstoke Canal TowpathMountain bike route

Named route

🐴

Horse riding

13 public paths nearby

Public paths

Stafford Lakebridleway · 685 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 685 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential

Stafford Lakebridleway · 7 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 7 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential

Water Lanebridleway · 108 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 108 mSurface dirtPath type: track

Stafford Lakebridleway · 86 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 86 mSurface compactedPath type: residential

Kiln Lanebridleway · 167 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 167 mSurface compactedPath type: bridleway

Wildlife to spot

38,705 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

38,705 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds35 species

winter

2026

Blue Tit · Rock Dove · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Magpie +30

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Great TitParus major2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025

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Mammals3 species

winter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Field Vole

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Field VoleMicrotus agrestis

🐝

Insects6 species

winterspring

2026

Minotaur Beetle · Marmalade Hoverfly · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Melinopterus sphacelatus · Gorse Weevil +1

Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Melinopterus sphacelatusMelinopterus sphacelatus
Gorse WeevilExapion ulicis
Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

38,705 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds35 species

winter

2026

Blue Tit · Rock Dove · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Magpie +30

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Great TitParus major2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

winter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Field Vole

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Field VoleMicrotus agrestis

🐝

Insects6 species

winterspring

2026

Minotaur Beetle · Marmalade Hoverfly · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Melinopterus sphacelatus · Gorse Weevil +1

Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Melinopterus sphacelatusMelinopterus sphacelatus
Gorse WeevilExapion ulicis
Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Alan Hunt · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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