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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

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51.32186, -0.74571

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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 85m away — 20 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 85m away — 20 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· Free

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Magpie, Robin, Woodpigeon +62 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Robin, Woodpigeon +62 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Stag Beetle, Green Shieldbug, Hornet Hoverfly +8 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Stag Beetle, Green Shieldbug, Hornet Hoverfly +8 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Family friendly

Good match

Urban park — family destination

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

12 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Three Castles PathWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Fleet Pond Yellow RouteWalking route

Named routeRef yellowLocal walking route

Ambarrow Hill CircuitWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Ambarrow Court CircuitWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Wildlife WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal 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

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Cycling

16 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

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

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Mountain biking

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Fleet Pond Blue TrackMountain bike route

Named route

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

Wildlife to spot

20,259 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

20,259 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds49 species

autumnwinter

2026

Robin · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon +44

RobinErithacus rubecula
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Great TitParus major
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
CootFulica atra2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2026

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

20,259 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds49 species

autumnwinter

2026

Robin · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon +44

RobinErithacus rubecula
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Great TitParus major
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
CootFulica atra2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2026

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Alan Hunt · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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