Plan your visit
🦅Birds🛝Family🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
51.42999, -0.70259
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Goldfinch
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Locks Ride Park Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Goldfinch
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Locks Ride Park 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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Goldfinch, Carrion Crow +55 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Goldfinch, Carrion Crow +55 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Southern Hawker, Common Darter, Jersey Tiger +42 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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
19 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Bracknell Eastern RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Bracknell Orbital RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Bracknell Useful Cycle RoutesCycling route▾
Yellow RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef YellowLocal cycle route
Bracknell Forest Blue RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef BlueLocal cycle route
Bracknell Forest Green RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef GreenLocal 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
Car park, Locks Ride recreation ground
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
19,262 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
19,262 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Goldfinch · Blue Tit +39
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- Columba palumbus palumbusColumba palumbus palumbus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
🦌Mammals1 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Jersey Tiger · Common Darter · Southern Hawker · Box Tree Moth · Ruddy Darter +27
- Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Light EmeraldCampaea margaritaria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
19,262 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Goldfinch · Blue Tit +39
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- Columba palumbus palumbusColumba palumbus palumbus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
🦌Mammals1 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Jersey Tiger · Common Darter · Southern Hawker · Box Tree Moth · Ruddy Darter +27
- Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Light EmeraldCampaea margaritaria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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