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Westmorland Park is an eight-hectare site in the Warfield Parish of Bracknell, on the north eastern perimeter of Bracknell New Town.
OS Ref: SU 886 708.

Facilities and key features

• The site includes grassy areas, a hay meadow, shrub beds, mature parkland trees, a lime tree avenue and a balancing pond.
• A large variety of recreational activities are catered for through the network of paths, open spaces, play areas and pavilion.
• Sports facilities include three tennis courts, several football pitches, a basketball court and baseball diamond.
• Hayley Green Woods lies on London Clay and is comprised of mixed deciduous woodland such as ash, willow and silver birch.
• The site is designated a Local Nature Reserve and a Local Wildlife Site for its important wildlife, which includes Grass snakes and a wide range of wild flowers such as Ox-eye daisy, Self heal and Foxglove.
• Hayley Green Wood lies next door and is a large 2 hectare (4.9 acres) woodland important for wildlife.

History

Westmorland Park was established as part of the public open space provision within the Whitegrove housing development and was transferred to the ownership of the Council in 1999.

Hayley Green Woods was once a part of Warfield Park, an extensive estate which was owned by Colonel John Walsh in 1766. The site has seen more recent industrial uses, but during 2002 Hayley Green Wood was incorporated into Westmorland Park.

The balancing pond was created in the early 1990s to store excess water during heavy rainfall. It is owned and maintained by Thames Water.

How to get there
View a map of the location

Car parking is available at the Pavilion, off Westmorland Drive, Warfield RG42 3QP. If you are travelling by bike use National Cycle Journey Planner to plan your route.

There are a number of pedestrian access points into the park:

• Westmorland Drive entrance
• Forest Road to the north of the park
• Edmunds Lane footpath/cycleway towards the south west
• Three minor pedestrian access points leading directly from residential developments

Get Involved

Westmorland Park was created to serve the people of Warfield and north-east Bracknell. Are you interested in its future? Do you have ideas or feedback about how it is run or used? If so, the Council runs a Westmorland Park User Forum, which meets twice a year to discuss visitor needs. Please contact us for further information.

If you are a resident and would like to find out more about what nature conservation activities are happening in Hayley Green Wood please contact us or Warfield Environment Group.

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