Ambarrow Court
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Ambarrow Court is an 8.7 hectare (21.5 acres), Local Nature Reserve and Wildlife Heritage site located in Little Sandhurst between the A321 and the Reading-Guildford railway line.
Facilities and key features
- A site of ancient woodland, birch and hazel coppice, marshes, ponds and pools, and a meadow, which forms the lower slopes of Ambarrow Hill.
- Notable plants include bluebells and associated spring woodland flowers, cuckoo flower, yellow rattle and mature trees such as Cedar and Douglas Fir.
- Exotic species such as bamboo, large specimen trees and yew hedges are just some of the leftover remnants of the Victorian era.
- Important animals recorded include the stag beetle, noctule bat and glow worm, which appear on the Bracknell Forest Biodiversity Action Plan.
- A nature trail runs through the site and an interpretation board is located at the site car park.
History
Much of the site was once managed as a Victorian country estate, although the original house of 1855 has since been demolished:
"The pleasure grounds and gardens are delightfully laid out, very well timbered with fine specimen trees and shrubs, with Lawns, Rosery, Flower beds and Borders, large Kitchen Garden…
There is some charming woodland, interspersed with winding walks, and the Terrace on the South-West side leads down a flight of stone steps to a small park, comprising rich Grass Land…."
(From auction brochure of "Ambarrow, Crowthorne, Berks", 1932.)
How to get there
It has its own car park, off the A321 Wokingham Rd, Sandhurst, GU47 8JB. View a map of the location.
- By car - Ambarrow court is accessible via two vehicle access points one to the north through the car park and one to the south.
- By foot - Pedestrians can enter via the vehicular access points as well as at the northern end from the National Trust land. Footpaths run near to three sides of the site, with the northern boundary linked to the Ramblers Route.
- Disabled access - A disabled access path runs through Ambarrow Court, including handrails and passing places to allow wheelchair and mobility impaired users to access the range of habitats found throughout the site.
Other sites you may like
If you like historic sites you may also like Bill Hill, Caesar’s Camp, Lily Hill Park and South Hill Park.
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