🌞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
Good to know
£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
Best for
7 activities
🦉
Wildlife
Strong match
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Birds — Goldfinch, Magpie, Blue Tit +21 more · last seen 2025
Free
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Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Goldfinch, Magpie, Blue Tit +21 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Goldfinch, Magpie, Blue Tit +21 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋
Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large Yellow Underwing, Red-green Carpet, Square-spot Rustic +156 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Large Yellow Underwing, Red-green Carpet, Square-spot Rustic +156 more · last seen 2025
Free
🐶
Dog walks
Strong match
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🌿
Foraging
Good match
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲
Forest walks
Good match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km
🚶
Walking
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3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The Roman WayWalking route274.5 km▾
Named routeLength 274.5 kmRegional walking route
Kennet and Avon Canal TrailWalking route140 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 routeRef K&ALength 140 kmRegional walking route
Yellow RouteWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
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Cycling
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33 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 4Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4National Cycle Network
Route 4Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4National Cycle Network
Eling WayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Round Berkshire Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 4Cycling route▾
