Plan your visit
🧺Picnic🛝Family🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.56173, -0.68585
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Woodpigeon
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground 294m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Woodpigeon
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground 294m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, toilets, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mallard, Woodpigeon, Magpie +64 more · last seen 2026
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
Birds — Mallard, Woodpigeon, Magpie +64 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Banded Demoiselle, Peacock +93 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km19 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
The Chiltern WayWalking route275 km▾
A waymarked long-distance footpath in southern England
Named routeRef CWLength 275 kmRegional walking route
Shakespeare's WayWalking route235 km▾
Named routeLength 235 kmRegional walking route
Maidenhead Millennium Walk Marlow LinkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Jubilee River PathWalking route▾
Thames PathWalking route296 km▾
Named routeRef TPLength 296 kmNational walking route
Taplow Footpath 4public footpath · 713 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 713 mPath type: path
54 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 50Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 50National Cycle Network
Route 61Cycling route34 km▾
Route 61 travels from Maidenhead to Hatfield, Welwyn Garden City and Hertford before arriving near Hoddesdon.
Named routeRef 61Length 34 kmNational Cycle Network
Route 4Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4National Cycle Network
Beeches CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Round Berkshire Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
North Town linkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
20,234 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
20,234 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Mallard · Magpie · Black-headed Gull · Canada Goose · Greylag Goose +26
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Roe Deer · Bank Vole · Muntjac
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Bank VoleMyodes glareolus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects34 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Pine Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly +29
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025
Wild Basil · Wild Marjoram · Tufted Vetch · Agrimony · Wood Avens +2
- Wild BasilClinopodium vulgare
- Wild MarjoramOriganum vulgare
- Tufted VetchVicia cracca
- AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
20,234 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Mallard · Magpie · Black-headed Gull · Canada Goose · Greylag Goose +26
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Roe Deer · Bank Vole · Muntjac
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Bank VoleMyodes glareolus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects34 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Pine Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly +29
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025
Wild Basil · Wild Marjoram · Tufted Vetch · Agrimony · Wood Avens +2
- Wild BasilClinopodium vulgare
- Wild MarjoramOriganum vulgare
- Tufted VetchVicia cracca
- AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
