Plan your visit
🛝Family🦅Birds🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.42716, -0.76870
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦69+ 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
- 🐦69+ 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 +66 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Mammals — Common Pipistrelle, Hedgehog, Bat +23 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Stag Beetle, Box Tree Moth, Common Darter +58 more · last seen 2025
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
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
14,869 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
14,869 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Robin · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Jackdaw · Magpie +31
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Daubenton's Bat · Common Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species · Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel +9
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2024
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2025
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Red Fox
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects25 species
springsummer
2025▾
Helophilus pendulus · Jersey Tiger · Beautiful Plume · Cinnabar · Stag Beetle +20
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
- Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria
- Beautiful PlumeAmblyptilia acanthadactyla
- CinnabarTyria jacobaeae
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
14,869 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Robin · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Jackdaw · Magpie +31
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Daubenton's Bat · Common Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species · Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel +9
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2024
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2025
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Red Fox
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects25 species
springsummer
2025▾
Helophilus pendulus · Jersey Tiger · Beautiful Plume · Cinnabar · Stag Beetle +20
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
- Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria
- Beautiful PlumeAmblyptilia acanthadactyla
- CinnabarTyria jacobaeae
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Vulpes vulpes2025
Vulpes vulpes2025
BatChiroptera2024BatChiroptera2024MoleTalpa europaeaMoleTalpa europaeaWater ShrewNeomys fodiens2025Water ShrewNeomys fodiens2025RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024BadgerMeles meles2024BadgerMeles meles2024Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg.Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg.2024Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg.Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg.2024NoctuleNyctalus noctula2024NoctuleNyctalus noctula2024Common ShrewSorex araneus2024Common ShrewSorex araneus2024Banded Demoiselle
Banded Demoiselle
Calopteryx splendens
Calopteryx splendens
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorBatman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024Death's-head Hawk-mothAcherontia atroposDeath's-head Hawk-mothAcherontia atroposBeautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgoBeautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgoBlotched EmeraldComibaena bajulariaBlotched EmeraldComibaena bajulariaHairy 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 axyridisVolucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2024Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2024Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2024Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2024Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2024Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans202422-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata202422-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2024Chrysolina oricalciaChrysolina oricalcia2024Chrysolina oricalciaChrysolina oricalcia2024Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2024Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2024Events & activities nearby
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