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Pheasant Walk at Basildon Park, Berkshire

Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire & Berkshire

Trees in summer surrounded by long grasses in the parkland at Basildon Park, Berkshire
Trees in summer at Basildon Park, Berkshire | © National Trust Images/James Dobson

Set in 400 acres of parkland, the Pheasant Walk is one of four trails for you to enjoy at Basildon Park which is suitable for families with young children

Start point

The trail starts a little way up the road near the mansion house.

Trail information

Difficulty

Full trail

DistanceMiles: 0.5 (km: 0.8)

Short trail

DistanceMiles: 0.5 (km: 0.8)
Duration0.4 hour 20 mins
Dog friendly*
  1. *There are grazing livestock in the Pheasant Park so please keep dogs on leads and under close control.

  • Total stages: 4

    Total stages: 4

    Start point

    The trail starts a little way up the road near the mansion house.

    Stage 1

     Head through the gate on the right hand side of the road as you walk away from the mansion house. This takes you into the Pheasant park (What3Words gate location ///faces.grazes.fluffed)

    Stage 2

    Make your way across the field, crossing the causeway and bearing left towards the gate at the top of the field.

    Stage 3

    Pass through the gate and enter the first part of the woodland and follow the path.

    Stage 4

    When you come to the fork in the path, bear left and skirt the woodland. Exit the field through the gate which takes you back onto the road [no - the path is outside the field, alongside the fence]. Keep following this until you reach the start point.  (Alternatively, if you find that path too narrow, continue a little further on the main path and that will take you to the road.

    End point

    The end location is back on the road in front of the Mansion House where you started from.

    Trail map

    Pheasant Park Trail at Basildon Park (red route)
    Pheasant Park Trail at Basildon Park (red route) | © National Trust

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Lower Basildon, Reading, Berkshire, RG8 9NR