Surrounded by residential areas on three sides, you might be surprised by just how peaceful and beautiful this large woodland is. Take a walk among the bluebells in spring or bring your bikes and enjoy the multi use trails in summer.

Windsor Great Park is an ancient Royal landscape where you can find walks to suit every taste through grassland, woodland, lakes and gardens. There are cafes, play areas, picnic areas and historical monuments dotted throughout and a rather magnificent adventure play area due to be completed soon.

Farnham park is so much more than just a park. Despite being a moments walk from the town centre, you have have a real feeling of being in the countryside as you walk around this 600 year old deer park. Find streams, ponds, woodland, grassland, avenues, adventure play and even a free-to-enter castle keep.

Like a phoenix from the ashes, the boardwalk across Thursley Common Nature Reserve has risen again. Snaking its way from Moat Pond to Pudmore Pond across the lowland heath and marshes, this beautiful wooden structure appears to actually enhance the already spectacular natural scenery.

Hilsea Lines are a scheduled ancient monument close to the centre of Portsmouth. As well as being steeped in military history, this little corridor of green at the top of Portsea Island has woodland, lagoons, moats, tunnels, a park, a café and a splash pad - all connected by pushchair friendly paths.

Alice Holt Forest is an extremely popular location for a variety of outdoor pursuits from high ropes courses to mountain biking. For the littlest explorers, there are multiple woodland play areas and Forestry England regularly host trails here based around Julia Donaldson stories. New for 2023 is a Zog trail which is detailed in this guide.