Coate Water Country Park
Nature Reserves, Country Parks & Beaches · Swindon, Wiltshire
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Open now — closes 11.59pm
🌳 Outdoor0–11–33–55–88–1212–16Water play🌲 Woodland🆓 Free entry
What’s there
- Café on site
- Free parking
- Picnic area
- Dogs welcome
Access & inclusion
- Step-free access
- Changing Places toilet
Only facilities we’ve confirmed are listed — anything missing here we simply haven’t checked, rather than know to be absent.
Coate Water is a country park 5 kilometres south-east of central Swindon with a lake, nature reserve, woodland and open grassland. The most popular walk goes around the lake (1.75 miles, about 45 minutes at a gentle pace), with longer routes to Hodson, Chiseldon and Barbury Castle. Many paths are level and surfaced, suitable for wheelchair users. The lake is a nesting site for waterfowl, reed bunting and warblers in spring and summer, and supports dragonflies, damselflies, carp, bream and pike. Woodland has willow, ash, oak and birch. The park has a Splash Park play area, miniature railway, golf course, angling, bird hides and a ranger centre with café. Dogs are allowed except in the nature reserve, Splash Park and golf courses during the open season.
Stuff to take with you
The things people wish they’d packed for a day out like this one.
- Wellies
- Refillable water bottleMost places will fill it for free.
- Snacks that survive a rucksackCheaper than the café, and buys you twenty minutes.
- Wet wipes
- Sun hat
- Magnifying glass
- Kids' headphones
- Pram rain cover
- Binoculars
- Nappy sacks
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