Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🌳Ancient
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Getting here
51.75067, -1.25351
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Woodpigeon
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Vaults & Garden — a good base for a longer summer day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Woodpigeon
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Vaults & Garden — a good base for a longer summer day out
Best for
8 activities🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Magpie +59 more · last seen 2026; Ancient woodland — owls, woodpeckers, warblers
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE, SUNDIAL; Historic site
🌳Ancient woodland
Strong match
Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600
Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Magpie +59 more · last seen 2026; Ancient woodland
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Willow Emerald Damselfly, 7-spot Ladybird, Migrant Hawker +63 more · last seen 2026
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km20 signed routes nearby · 14 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Oxford Green Belt WayWalking route87 km▾
Named routeLength 87 kmRegional walking route
Boundary PatrolWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Sandpit WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Northwood TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Shakespeare's WayWalking route235 km▾
Named routeLength 235 kmRegional walking route
Jubilee Terracepublic footpath · 57 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 57 mSurface asphaltPath type: cycleway
St Helen's Passagepublic footpath · 20 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 20 mSurface asphaltPath type: footway
Bath Placepublic footpath · 27 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 27 mSurface unhewn_cobblestonePath type: service
142 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network
Route 8Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 8Local cycle route
Route 8aCycling route▾
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Route 9Cycling route▾
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Route 3aCycling route▾
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Eaton - WoottonCycling route▾
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About this historic site
Grade II registered historic park and garden
Photos
15 photos from nearby open sources
Quadrangle, Corpus Christi College, Merton Street, Oxford
Photos
Quadrangle, Corpus Christi College, Merton Street, Oxford
Facilities
☕Café
Vaults & Garden · 181m
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