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🌱 Urban park

Abbey Gardens

5 ha

📷 David Martin · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Plan your visit

PlayDogsCycling
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha

Getting here

51.67089, -1.27786

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Best for

6 activities

Playgrounds

Free93%

playground, toilets, café, parking

Dog walks

Free78%

Dogs allowed with public access

Cycling

Varies72%

Named cycling route nearby: National Cycle Network Route 5

Hiking

Free72%

Named hiking route nearby: European walking route E2 west, UK, South East England

Family friendly

Free68%

Urban park — family destination

Picnic day out

Free62%

Urban park — open green space

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

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9 signed routes nearby · 32 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Oxford Green Belt WayWalking route87 km▾
Named routeLength 87 kmRegional walking route
Shakespeare's WayWalking route235 km▾
Named routeLength 235 kmRegional walking route
Ramblers Jubilee Circular WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
The Vale WayWalking route43 km▾

Route through the Vale of White Horse in Oxfordshire, UK. (27 miles).

Named routeLength 43 kmLocal walking route
European walking route E2 west, UK, South East EnglandWalking route▾

Westroute: Stranraer (UK) - Birminhgham (UK) - Calais (FR) - Zoersel (BE) / Eastroute: Stranraer (UK) - Harwich (UK) - Rotterdam (NL) - Zoersel (BE) / Both Routes: Zoersel (BE) - Maastrich (NL) - Luxembourg (LUX) - Lake Geneva (CH) - Nice (FR)

Named routeRef E2International walking route
Broad Streetpublic footpath · 48 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 48 mPath type: pedestrian
Broad Streetpublic footpath · 11 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 11 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Broad Streetpublic footpath · 29 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 29 mPath type: unclassified
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Cycling

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66 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network
Eaton - WoottonCycling route▾
Named routeXcn
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6Local cycle route
Wootton-KenningtonCycling route▾
Named routeXcn
Didcot to Culham Science CentreCycling route▾
Named routeRef 8Local cycle route
Abingdon to Milton ParkCycling route▾
Named routeRef 3Local cycle route

About this urban park

Abbey Gardens is a urban park covering 5 hectares.

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Abingdon Abbey Gardens

📷 David Martin · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Abingdon Abbey Gardens

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🌱 Visiting this spring

  • 🐦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

Facilities

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Café

Ma Chérie · 251m

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Parking

Abbey Close Car Park · Paid · 61m

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Playground

159m away

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Toilets

114m away

✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱Drayton Road AllotmentsUrban park1.8 km→🌱Abbey MeadowsUrban park300 m→🌱Hales MeadowUrban park500 m→✦NUNEHAM COURTENAYHistoric site4.3 km→🌱Abbey GardensUrban park200 m→✦Abingdon Bridge including Maud Hale's BridgeHistoric site300 m→