Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🌿Foraging
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome33 ha
Getting here
51.32949, -0.73527
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Woodpigeon
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Woodpigeon
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Woodpigeon, Magpie +62 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Woodpigeon, Magpie +62 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Stag Beetle, Syritta pipiens, Platycheirus albimanus +11 more · last seen 2025; Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby · 10 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
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
Brackendale Road Footbridgepublic footpath · 21 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 21 mSurface asphaltIncline downPath type: footway
Brackendale Road Footbridgepublic footpath · 65 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 65 mSurface asphaltPath type: footway
Footpath 198public footpath · 151 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 151 mSurface asphaltPath type: footway
17 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Rushmoor Cycle Network [FS]Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 221Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 221National Cycle Network
Farnborough Pyestock GateCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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
5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Basingstoke Canal TowpathMountain bike route▾
Blackwater Valley Multi-User PathMountain bike 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
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
23,521 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
23,521 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
summerwinter
2026▾
Great Tit · Robin · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Magpie +37
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
🦌Mammals6 species
springsummer
2025▾
Pipistrelle Bat species · Red Fox · Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel · Mole +1
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MoleTalpa europaea2024
- BadgerMeles meles2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2024▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Stag Beetle · Syritta pipiens · Platycheirus albimanus · Speckled Bush-cricket · 7-spot Ladybird +5
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus
- Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Clogmia albipunctataClogmia albipunctata
- Western Honey Bee
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
23,521 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
summerwinter
2026▾
Great Tit · Robin · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Magpie +37
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
🦌Mammals6 species
springsummer
2025▾
Pipistrelle Bat species · Red Fox · Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel · Mole +1
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MoleTalpa europaea2024
- BadgerMeles meles2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2024▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Stag Beetle · Syritta pipiens · Platycheirus albimanus · Speckled Bush-cricket · 7-spot Ladybird +5
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus
- Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Clogmia albipunctataClogmia albipunctata
- Western Honey Bee
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Apis mellifera
Apis mellifera
Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus2024Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus2024Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2024Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2024Events & activities nearby
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