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Places › England › South East › Runnymede Getting here
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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 376m away — 2 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 376m away — 2 car parks within reach £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦉 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 — Robin, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +60 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +60 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Gatekeeper, Grayling, Silver-studded Blue +70 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Gatekeeper, Grayling, Silver-studded Blue +70 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 7 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Three Castles Path Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Ramblers Route Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Memorial Route, Runnymede Walking route 3.7 km ▾
This route takes you to all the memorials and artworks at Runnymede, and through the woods to the Commonwealth Airforce Memorial with its lovely views. This route includes some steps and slopes that can be slippery/muddy.
Named route Length 3.7 km Duration 01:00 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Summer Route, Runnymede Walking route 3 km ▾
A varied summer route that runs past our key memorials and gives you a sense of the Runnymede landscape, including woods, meadows, ponds and riverside.
Named route Length 3 km Duration 01:00 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Lightwater Country Park Purple Walking route ▾
Named route Ref purple Local walking route
Show on map Tinkers Lane public footpath · 231 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 231 m Surface unpaved Path type: footway
Show on map 21 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Round Berkshire Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Surrey Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Woking and Egham link
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 5 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref EV2 International cycle route
Show on map Windsor Great Park permitted cycle route (daylight hours only) Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Route 4 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 4 National Cycle Network
Show on map Bracknell Forest Green Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Green Local cycle route
Show on map 6 public paths nearby
Public paths
Shrubbs Hill Lane bridleway · 158 m ▾
Public path bridleway Length 158 m Surface asphalt Path type: residential
Show on map Shrubbs Hill Lane bridleway · 210 m ▾
Public path bridleway Length 210 m Surface asphalt Path type: residential
Show on map Shrubbs Hill Lane bridleway · 62 m ▾
Public path bridleway Length 62 m Surface compacted Path type: residential
Show on map Shrubbs Hill Lane bridleway · 67 m ▾
Public path bridleway Length 67 m Surface asphalt Path type: residential
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Wildlife to spot
18,919 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 18,919 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 38 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Robin · Wren +33
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Magpie Pica pica Robin Erithacus rubecula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Blackbird Turdus merula Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Stonechat Saxicola rubicola Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Coal Tit Periparus ater Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Tawny Owl Strix aluco Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Wigeon Mareca penelope Pochard Aythya ferina Dunnock Prunella modularis Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Great Tit Parus major Canada Goose Branta canadensis Shoveler Spatula clypeata Stock Dove Columba oenas Redwing Turdus iliacus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Linnet Linaria cannabina Rock Dove Columba livia Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus Swallow Hirundo rustica Snipe Gallinago gallinago Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Nuthatch Sitta europaea Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Rabbit +2
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2025 Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus2025 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus2025 Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2025 Noctule Nyctalus noctula Adder · Slow-worm · Smooth Snake
Adder Vipera berus Slow-worm Anguis fragilis Smooth Snake Coronella austriaca 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
summer
2025 ▾
Common Toad · Palmate Newt
Common Toad Bufo bufo Palmate Newt Lissotriton helveticus 🐝 Insects 35 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Field Grasshopper · Minotaur Beetle · Sericomyia silentis · Paragus · 7-spot Ladybird +30
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus Minotaur Beetle Typhaeus typhoeus Sericomyia silentis Sericomyia silentis Paragus Paragus 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum 🌿 Plants 2 species
winter summer autumn
2026 ▾
Pitcherplant · Trumpets
Pitcherplant Sarracenia purpurea Trumpets Sarracenia flava2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 18,919 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 38 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Robin · Wren +33
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Magpie Pica pica Robin Erithacus rubecula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Blackbird Turdus merula Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Stonechat Saxicola rubicola Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Coal Tit Periparus ater Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Tawny Owl Strix aluco Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Wigeon Mareca penelope Pochard Aythya ferina Dunnock Prunella modularis Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Great Tit Parus major Canada Goose Branta canadensis Shoveler Spatula clypeata Stock Dove Columba oenas Redwing Turdus iliacus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Linnet Linaria cannabina Rock Dove Columba livia Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus Swallow Hirundo rustica Snipe Gallinago gallinago Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Nuthatch Sitta europaea Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Rabbit +2
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2025 Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus2025 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus2025 Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2025 Noctule Nyctalus noctula Adder · Slow-worm · Smooth Snake
Adder Vipera berus Slow-worm Anguis fragilis Smooth Snake Coronella austriaca 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
summer
2025 ▾
Common Toad · Palmate Newt
Common Toad Bufo bufo Palmate Newt Lissotriton helveticus 🐝 Insects 35 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Field Grasshopper · Minotaur Beetle · Sericomyia silentis · Paragus · 7-spot Ladybird +30
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus Minotaur Beetle Typhaeus typhoeus Sericomyia silentis Sericomyia silentis Paragus Paragus 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum 🌿 Plants 2 species
winter summer autumn
2026 ▾
Pitcherplant · Trumpets
Pitcherplant Sarracenia purpurea Trumpets Sarracenia flava2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Eurasian Serotine Cnephaeus serotinus2025
Eurasian Serotine Cnephaeus serotinus2025 Goat Moth
Goat Moth
Cossus cossus
Cossus cossus
Western Conifer Seed Bug Leptoglossus occidentalis
Western Conifer Seed Bug Leptoglossus occidentalis
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta
Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis
Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis
Dasysyrphus tricinctus Dasysyrphus tricinctus
Dasysyrphus tricinctus Dasysyrphus tricinctus
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus
Chrysotoxum bicinctum Chrysotoxum bicinctum
Chrysotoxum bicinctum Chrysotoxum bicinctum
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima
16-spot Ladybird Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata
16-spot Ladybird Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes
Tortoise Bug Eurygaster testudinaria
Tortoise Bug Eurygaster testudinaria
Water Scorpion Nepa cinerea
Water Scorpion Nepa cinerea
Ferdinandea cuprea Ferdinandea cuprea
Ferdinandea cuprea Ferdinandea cuprea
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva
Parent Bug Elasmucha grisea
Parent Bug Elasmucha grisea
Eristalis intricaria Eristalis intricaria
Eristalis intricaria Eristalis intricaria
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus
Platycheirus clypeatus agg. Platycheirus clypeatus agg.
Platycheirus clypeatus agg. Platycheirus clypeatus agg.
Cheilosia Cheilosia
Cheilosia Cheilosia
Volucella bombylans subsp. plumata Volucella bombylans subsp. plumata
Volucella bombylans subsp. plumata Volucella bombylans subsp. plumata
Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum
Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator
Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata
Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Mottled Grasshopper Myrmeleotettix maculatus
Mottled Grasshopper Myrmeleotettix maculatus
Physocephala rufipes Physocephala rufipes
Physocephala rufipes Physocephala rufipes
Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata
Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata
Bishop's Mitre Aelia acuminata
Bishop's Mitre Aelia acuminata 