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👍👍 A great place to start walking into the Chilterns :) People often mention walkers, walk,


Address

2 Treforgan, Reading RG4 8LE, United Kingdom

Rating on Google Maps

4.60 (157 reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Wednesday: Open 24 hours
  • Thursday: Open 24 hours
  • Friday: Open 24 hours
  • Saturday: Open 24 hours
  • Sunday: Open 24 hours
  • Monday: Open 24 hours
  • Tuesday: Open 24 hours

Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: walkers (8) walk (7)
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  • 5/5 paul g. 1 year ago on Google
    A great place to start walking into the Chilterns :)
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Vaishali E. 1 year ago on Google
    Loved it. Very pretty place for a walk and pet friendly.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Mas H. 4 years ago on Google
    A great green valley to walk, run, jog, take your dog for a walk or just admire the beauty of nature. An excellent place to picnic in summer and to fly kite if the wind is of the right intensity.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Georgia H. 2 years ago on Google
    Lovely bit of countryside a short walk from caversham and reading
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Mark A. 2 years ago on Google
    Gorgeous place for a dog walk on your own or with friends. Spectacular during the summer, but even in the depths of winter it is still nice
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Graham M. 1 year ago on Google
    Lovely little meadow popular with dog walkers and outdoorsy types. Located at the edge of Emmer Green and South Oxfordshire
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Alex H. 4 years ago on Google
    Lovely place to fulfill your exercise unit during lockdown. It's a large, hilly park in the middle of Caversham with cute dogs as far as the eye can see. Walk to top of the hill for a nice view. Came upon it quite by accident and very glad we did. I assume it would be a nice place for a picnic but they're illegal at the moment so wouldn't know. It's also got a funny name so that's something.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 2/5 Mr M. 6 years ago on Google
    4 good open fields of hilly chalk pasture of conservation value. The grass grows to meadow for wildlife conservation and is cropped for hay later in the season. Ragwort does grow. Open walking with mown paths with a sub base path somewhat overgrown through it; you're alright as long as you duck in places. It sits surrounded by houses with a stables leading to bridleways beyond. Very popular with dog walkers and so uncollected poop can be a common encounter. Dog walkers are often local but sadly also tend to be neurotic, fair weather walkers of professional backgrounds who could spend more time walking, so encounters are mixed. Often the dog owners are nervous of others and keep themselves to themselves. There is also a highly watchful (dare say hyper vigilant and judgemental) Caversham Dog Owners group covering the area. The dogs are rarely the problem but walkers are an even spilt of those wholly weary of others and not really in control (making them snippy and a bit frazzled looking) and others being friendly regulars. The difference is easy to spot. Very busy at weekends, high days and holidays with family walkers and higher incidences of the nervous walkers. There are better walks around and using Bugs should be for convenience or specific interest. It can be very beautiful.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 vicki c. 8 months ago on Google
    The grass needs cutting so our dog doesn't get grass seed in his paws. It's beautiful when the grass is short.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Chris W. 2 years ago on Google
    This is a lovely green space in Hemdean Valley, thankfully saved from the greed of developers several years ago, and adopted by Reading Borough Council as a mixed use open space. It was a most important area for walkers, and their dogs, children and parents, and horse riders during the two years of Covid lockdown. It continues to be a much loved area and one of the safest parklands to let your, children, pups, and dogs young and old to excercise, because there are no vehicular roads through the open space.

  • 5/5 Katarzyna Irena D. 2 years ago on Google
    Lovely walk a lot of space Nice views 👌

  • 5/5 Will H. 1 year ago on Google
    Great place for strolling, especially for walking the dog, but just as good without a dog. Nice landscape around here, too, and on the doorstep of good walks up into the Oxfordshire farmlands.

  • 5/5 Yummy T. 2 years ago on Google
    Such a great, large and green place for pet owners...

  • 5/5 Philip D. 1 year ago on Google
    A beautiful green space in Caversham, Reading. We walked and met so many lovely people and their dogs. What a lovely afternoon

  • 5/5 Jim L. 1 year ago on Google
    A well loved beauty spot, offering fantastic views from the top of the (steep) hill. The path is well maintained and suitable for pushchairs throughout winter.

  • 5/5 Ana B. 5 months ago on Google
    Lovely park for a nature walk in the middle of Caversham


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Amenities


  • Pets
    • ✓️ Dogs allowed
  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible entrance

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