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🌳 Broadleaved woodland

Little Cranehill Copse

✦ Ancient woodland7 ha

Getting here

51.87048, -1.51174

Best for

3 activities

Wildlife

Free75%

Ancient woodland

Heritage

Free68%

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Forest walks

Free50%

Public woodland

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

6

6 named nearby

Named route
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Cycling

38

38 named nearby

Named route

Named routes and paths nearby

Oxfordshire Way · Walking110 km
Shakespeare's Way · Walking235 km
Wychwood Way · Walking59.5 km
D'Arcy Dalton Way · Walking107 km
Main Route · Cycling
Main Route · Cycling

About this broadleaved woodland

Little Cranehill Copse is an ancient broadleaved woodland covering 7 hectares. As an ancient woodland, it has been continuously wooded since at least 1600 AD — a rare and irreplaceable habitat rich in biodiversity and historical character.

Wildlife to spot

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🌱 Visiting this spring

  • 🌸Ancient woodlands are famous for bluebell carpets in April and May — one of Britain's most spectacular wildflower displays
  • 🐦Prime nesting season — listen for woodpecker drumming, warbler song and the first cuckoos from April
  • 🦌Roe deer are active before the leaf canopy closes in — dawn and dusk are best
✦ AncientFree entry🐶 Dogs

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
  • 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

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