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Places › England › South East › Reading Getting here
51.46208, -0.96382
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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 276m 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 276m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking· Paid 🛝 Playground🚻 Toilets
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Canada Goose, Magpie +64 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Canada Goose, Magpie +64 more · last seen 2026
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground, toilets
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Jersey Tiger, Common Blue Damselfly, 7-spot Ladybird +82 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Jersey Tiger, Common Blue Damselfly, 7-spot Ladybird +82 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 7 signed routes nearby · 27 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
The Chiltern Way Southern Extension Walking route ▾
Long distance path
Named route Ref CWS Regional walking route
Show on map European walking route E2 west, UK, South East England Walking 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 route Ref E2 International walking route
Show on map Kennet and Avon Canal Trail Walking route 140 km ▾
Rivers linked by a canal. The name refers to the entire navigable length. From Bristol the way is the Avon. The canal is from Bath to Newbury. From there to Reading the way is the Kennet. 53 locks to Summit Pound (150 m asl) and 54 down to Reading.
Named route Ref K&A Length 140 km Regional walking route
Show on map The Wokingham Way Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map St James' Way Walking route 110 km ▾
Named route Ref SJW Length 110 km Regional walking route
Show on map 156 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 5 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 5 National Cycle Network
Show on map Route 19 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 19 Local cycle route
Show on map Link to NCN 4 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref NCN4 Link Local cycle route
Show on map Woodley, Earley Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Route CR5 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref CR5 Local cycle route
Show on map Earley Useful Cycle Routes Cycling route ▾
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
King Alfred's Way Mountain bike route ▾
King Alfreds Way is 350km (220 miles) off road route designed to be ridden clockwise. It starts & ends in Winchester. It is suitable for gravel or cross-country bikes.
Named route Regional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
32,528 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 32,528 records · National Biodiversity Network Canada Goose · Mute Swan · Woodpigeon · Mallard · Greylag Goose +32
Canada Goose Branta canadensis Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Swift Apus apus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Snow Goose Anser caerulescens2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 🦌 Mammals 6 species
winter spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
American Mink · Brown Rat · Grey Squirrel · Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species +1
American Mink Neovison vison Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2025 Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2025 Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
autumn
2025 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Jersey Tiger · 7-spot Ladybird · Harmonia axyridis form succinea · Field Grasshopper · Common Plume +22
Jersey Tiger Euplagia quadripunctaria2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Harmonia axyridis form succinea Harmonia axyridis form succinea2025 Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2025 Common Plume Emmelina monodactyla Rose Chafer Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 32,528 records · National Biodiversity Network Canada Goose · Mute Swan · Woodpigeon · Mallard · Greylag Goose +32
Canada Goose Branta canadensis Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Swift Apus apus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Snow Goose Anser caerulescens2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 🦌 Mammals 6 species
winter spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
American Mink · Brown Rat · Grey Squirrel · Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species +1
American Mink Neovison vison Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2025 Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2025 Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
autumn
2025 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Jersey Tiger · 7-spot Ladybird · Harmonia axyridis form succinea · Field Grasshopper · Common Plume +22
Jersey Tiger Euplagia quadripunctaria2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Harmonia axyridis form succinea Harmonia axyridis form succinea2025 Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2025 Common Plume Emmelina monodactyla Rose Chafer Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
House Mouse Mus musculus2025
House Mouse Mus musculus2025 Cetonia aurata
Cetonia aurata
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2025
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata2025
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata2025
Box Tree Moth Cydalima perspectalis2025
Box Tree Moth Cydalima perspectalis2025
Cheilosia Cheilosia2025
Cheilosia Cheilosia2025
Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula2025
Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula2025
Yellow Shell Camptogramma bilineata2025
Yellow Shell Camptogramma bilineata2025
Western Conifer Seed Bug Leptoglossus occidentalis2025
Western Conifer Seed Bug Leptoglossus occidentalis2025
Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens2025
Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens2025
Volucella inanis Volucella inanis2025
Volucella inanis Volucella inanis2025
Willow Ermine Yponomeuta rorrella2025
Willow Ermine Yponomeuta rorrella2025
Chrysotoxum bicinctum Chrysotoxum bicinctum2025
Chrysotoxum bicinctum Chrysotoxum bicinctum2025
Nut Weevil Curculio nucum2025
Nut Weevil Curculio nucum2025
Ringed China-mark Parapoynx stratiotata2025
Ringed China-mark Parapoynx stratiotata2025
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus2025
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus2025
Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami2025
Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami2025
Coleophora Coleophora2025
Coleophora Coleophora2025
Lime Flame Chrysoclista linneella2025
Lime Flame Chrysoclista linneella2025
Six-spot Burnet Zygaena filipendulae2025
Six-spot Burnet Zygaena filipendulae2025 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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