← Back🌳 Broadleaved woodland

Southcote Park

1 ha

📷 Stuart Shepherd · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

BirdsWildlifePlay

Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha

Getting here

51.33074, -0.72184

Open directionsv

Google Maps↗Driving directions Apple Maps↗Driving directions Waze↗Live driving navigation Google Transit↗Bus, rail or tram Apple Transit↗Bus, rail or tram

Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blue Tit
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blue Tit
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPlayground

Best for

8 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Magpie +65 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Magpie +65 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Stag Beetle, Syritta pipiens, Platycheirus albimanus +8 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Stag Beetle, Syritta pipiens, Platycheirus albimanus +8 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

10 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Three Castles PathWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Wildlife WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal 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

🚴

Cycling

15 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Rushmoor Cycle Network [FS]Cycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Route 221Cycling route

Named routeRef 221National Cycle Network

Round Berkshire Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRegional cycle route

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

5 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

Bike Swinley BlueMountain bike route

Named routeRef Blue

Wildlife to spot

24,547 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

24,547 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds70 species

winterspringsummer

2026

Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Robin +65

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
Great TitParus major
Coal TitPeriparus ater
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
CootFulica atra2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
Red KiteMilvus milvus2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2023
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
Common GullLarus canus2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
RavenCorvus corax2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2024
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2024
Fringilla coelebs gengleriFringilla coelebs gengleri2024
Passer domesticus domesticusPasser domesticus domesticus2024
GoosanderMergus merganser2023
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
CuckooCuculus canorus2023
SwiftApus apus2023
Erithacus rubecula melophilusErithacus rubecula melophilus2023

🦌

Mammals8 species

springsummer

2025

Red Fox · Pipistrelle Bat species · Roe Deer · Hedgehog · Badger +3

Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
BadgerMeles meles2024
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2024
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024

🐝

Insects11 species

summer

2025

Stag Beetle · Syritta pipiens · Platycheirus albimanus · Western Honey Bee · Juniper Shieldbug +6

Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2024
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus2024
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2024
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2023
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2023
Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

24,547 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds70 species

winterspringsummer

2026

Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Robin +65

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
Great TitParus major
Coal TitPeriparus ater
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
CootFulica atra2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
Red KiteMilvus milvus2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2023
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
Common GullLarus canus2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
RavenCorvus corax2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2024
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2024
Fringilla coelebs gengleriFringilla coelebs gengleri2024
Passer domesticus domesticusPasser domesticus domesticus2024
GoosanderMergus merganser2023
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
CuckooCuculus canorus2023
SwiftApus apus2023
Erithacus rubecula melophilusErithacus rubecula melophilus2023

🦌

Mammals8 species

springsummer

2025

Red Fox · Pipistrelle Bat species · Roe Deer · Hedgehog · Badger +3

Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
BadgerMeles meles2024
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2024
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024

🐝

Insects11 species

summer

2025

Stag Beetle · Syritta pipiens · Platycheirus albimanus · Western Honey Bee · Juniper Shieldbug +6

Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2024
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus2024
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2024
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2023
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2023
Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Stuart Shepherd · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Southcote Park

1 / 16

Events & activities nearby

Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.

Bookable tours

Weather for this location

Next 14 days

Loading local forecast…

Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱Frimley Lodge ParkUrban park3.8 km→🌱Queen Elizabeth ParkUrban park4.4 km→🌱Sandhurst Memorial ParkUrban park5 km→🌱Heatherside Recreation GroundUrban park1.6 km→🌱Hawley Community GardensUrban park3.1 km→🌱Hawley Community GardensUrban park3.1 km→

Own or manage this place?

Claim this listing to keep details accurate, add photos, and highlight what makes it special — free.

Claim this page

How was your visit?

How useful was the information on this page?

id: 230adbdb-0c1b-489a-bbf8-7384a7de29f0