Ockwells Park
park in Cox Green, Berkshire, England, UK
Ockwells Park is a park, part of which is a local nature reserve, in Cox Green, Berkshire, England. The nature reserve is owned by the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead.
Geography and site
The park is 130 acres (53 ha) in size. The nature reserve within the park is 9.3 hectares (23 acres). The park features sports pitches, a café and the nature reserve, which includes woodland, meadow, copses and a stream.
History
The park was originally part of the estate belonging to Ockwells Manor Estate.
The Park was opened to the public during the 1980s. In 1999 part of the site was declared as a local nature reserve by the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead.
In December 2012 and completed in February 2013, 1000 trees were planted to form an area called Jubilee Wood, when the council decided to participate in the Woodland Trust's Jubilee Wood Project.
In the summer of 2016, the local council purchased land from the adjacent Thrift Wood Farm to extend the park by 86 acres (35 ha) to add to the original 44 acres (18 ha).
“Ockwells Park” enters the record as park in Cox Green, Berkshire, England, UK. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Ockwells, Park and park can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 1, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q30623418. Authority coordinates are 51.499, -0.734. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1999, 2012, 2013 and 1000.
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