Walking at Snelsmore Common

Walking at Snelsmore Common has lots of different walking route options and is made up of a range of habitats which include woodlands, wet mires and heathland. Snelsmore Common is a 96 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest near Newbury in Berkshire. It is owned by West Berkshire Council and managed by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust. There are wild Exmoor and New Forest Ponies that live on the common and during the months of March-July the Wildlife Trust ask that you are aware of birds who nest on the ground if you venture off the designated…