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Pine Ridge Golf Centre

9 ha

📷 Ron Strutt · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome9 ha

Getting here

51.32232, -0.71008

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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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 211m away — 18 car parks within reach

🌤️ 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
🅿️Parking 211m away — 18 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· Free

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Mallard, Mute Swan +57 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Mallard, Mute Swan +57 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Lowland heathland — silver-studded blue and heath fritillary butterflies; Insects — Stag Beetle, Brown Hawker, Syritta pipiens +10 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Seasonal nature

Moderate match

Plants — Himalayan Balsam · last seen 2022; Plants — Himalayan Balsam · last seen 2022

Free

Cycling

Moderate match

Named cycling route nearby: Frith Hill Cycleway

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

9 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Three Castles PathWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Blackwater Valley PathWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Basingstoke CanalWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

The Wokingham WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Cove Brook Greenway, FarnboroughWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Footpath 176public footpath · 72 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 72 mSurface asphaltPath type: footway

🚴

Cycling

15 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Rushmoor Cycle Network [FS]Cycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Saturn TrailCycling route

Named routeRef 221National Cycle Network

Route 221Cycling route

Named routeRef 221National Cycle Network

Blackwater Valley Red RouteCycling route

Named routeRef redLocal cycle route

Rushmoor Cycle Network [FF]Cycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Rushmoor Cycle Network [FC]Cycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

🚵

Mountain biking

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Basingstoke Canal TowpathMountain bike route

Named route

Blackwater Valley Multi-User PathMountain bike route

Named route

Cove Brook Greenway, FarnboroughMountain bike route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Bike Swinley RedMountain bike route

Named routeRef Red

🐴

Horse riding

8 public paths nearby

Public paths

Bridleway 15bridleway · 521 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 521 mSurface dirtPath type: bridleway

Footpath 200bridleway · 19 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 19 mSurface compactedPath type: footway

Footpath 200bridleway · 13 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 13 mSurface compactedPath type: footway

Bridleway 13bridleway · 106 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 106 mSurface compactedPath type: bridleway

Bridleway 13bridleway · 80 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 80 mSurface compactedPath type: bridleway

Wildlife to spot

19,324 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

19,324 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds42 species

springsummer

2026

Blue Tit · Coal Tit · Robin · Woodpigeon · Great Tit +37

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
RobinErithacus rubecula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Great TitParus major
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
MagpiePica pica2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
CootFulica atra2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024

🦌

Mammals5 species

springsummer

2025

Pipistrelle Bat species · Red Fox · Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel · Badger

Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
BadgerMeles meles2024

🐝

Insects5 species

summerautumn

2025

Syritta pipiens · Platycheirus albimanus · Juniper Shieldbug · Lesser Stag Beetle · Stag Beetle

Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus2024
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2024
Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

19,324 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds42 species

springsummer

2026

Blue Tit · Coal Tit · Robin · Woodpigeon · Great Tit +37

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
RobinErithacus rubecula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Great TitParus major
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
MagpiePica pica2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
CootFulica atra2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024

🦌

Mammals5 species

springsummer

2025

Pipistrelle Bat species · Red Fox · Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel · Badger

Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
BadgerMeles meles2024

🐝

Insects5 species

summerautumn

2025

Syritta pipiens · Platycheirus albimanus · Juniper Shieldbug · Lesser Stag Beetle · Stag Beetle

Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus2024
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2024
Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Ron Strutt · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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