Plan your visit
🛝Family🦅Birds🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
51.42537, -0.76654
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Jock's Lane Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Jock's Lane Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Robin +67 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Mammals — Common Pipistrelle, Bat, Hedgehog +23 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🌳Ancient woodland
Very strong match
Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 10 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Three Castles PathWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Ramblers RouteWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
The Cut countryside corridorWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
The Wokingham WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Cabbage Hill Blue RouteWalking route▾
Named routeRef blueLocal walking route
16 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Bracknell Eastern RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Bracknell Orbital RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Emmbrook Useful Cycle RoutesCycling route▾
Bracknell Useful Cycle RoutesCycling route▾
Yellow RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef YellowLocal cycle route
Bracknell Forest Blue RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef BlueLocal cycle route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Bike Swinley BlueMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Blue
Bike Swinley GreenMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Green
Photos

Pavilion in Jock's Lane Park
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
19,966 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
19,966 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Robin · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Carrion Crow +40
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
Daubenton's Bat · Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Bat +7
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2024
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- BatChiroptera2024
- MoleTalpa europaea
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects19 species
springsummer
2025▾
Jersey Tiger · Helophilus pendulus · Beautiful Plume · Cinnabar · Stag Beetle +14
- Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
- Beautiful PlumeAmblyptilia acanthadactyla
- CinnabarTyria jacobaeae
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
19,966 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Robin · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Carrion Crow +40
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
Daubenton's Bat · Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Bat +7
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2024
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- BatChiroptera2024
- MoleTalpa europaea
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects19 species
springsummer
2025▾
Jersey Tiger · Helophilus pendulus · Beautiful Plume · Cinnabar · Stag Beetle +14
- Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
- Beautiful PlumeAmblyptilia acanthadactyla
- CinnabarTyria jacobaeae
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Black RatRattus rattus2025Black RatRattus rattus2025Water ShrewNeomys fodiens2025Water ShrewNeomys fodiens2025Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2025Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2025RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024BadgerMeles meles2024BadgerMeles meles2024Brown RatRattus norvegicus2024Brown RatRattus norvegicus2024Dark-edged Bee-fly
Dark-edged Bee-fly
Bombylius major
Bombylius major
Death's-head Hawk-mothAcherontia atroposDeath's-head Hawk-mothAcherontia atroposBeautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgoBeautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgoBanded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendensBanded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendensBlotched EmeraldComibaena bajulariaBlotched EmeraldComibaena bajulariaWestern Honey BeeApis melliferaWestern Honey BeeApis melliferaHoverflySyrphidaeHoverflySyrphidaeCream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttataCream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttataHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataBrown Marmorated Stink BugHalyomorpha halysBrown Marmorated Stink BugHalyomorpha halysBox BugGonocerus acuteangulatusBox BugGonocerus acuteangulatusHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisEvents & activities nearby
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