240m section of the north Oxfordshire Grim's Ditch between Grim's Dyke Farm and the B4437 Charlbury to Woodstock road
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife✦Heritage🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.86860, -1.38822
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Oxfordshire WayWalking route110 km▾
a traverse of Oxfordshire from the Cotswolds to the Chilterns
Named routeRef OWLength 110 kmRegional walking route
Shakespeare's WayWalking route235 km▾
Named routeLength 235 kmRegional walking route
Wychwood WayWalking route59.5 km▾
Named routeLength 59.5 kmRegional walking route
The Roman WayWalking route274.5 km▾
Named routeLength 274.5 kmRegional 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
45 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network
Cotswold Line Cycle Route (under development)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 442National Cycle Network
Blenheim Community PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Cotswold Line Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 442National Cycle Network
National Byway (Oxon and Glos)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Witney to Long Hanborough Cycle PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Photos
On approach to Ditchley Gate (B4437)
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Wildlife to spot
3,561 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,561 records · National Biodiversity NetworkLinnet · Chaffinch · Marsh Tit · Kestrel · Yellowhammer +16
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
Small White · Meadow Brown · Large White · Gatekeeper · Ringlet +17
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
False Oat-grass · Bramble · Cock's-foot · Ribwort Plantain · Creeping Thistle +38
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2023
- BrambleRubus fruticosus2023
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2023
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2023
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2023
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,561 records · National Biodiversity NetworkLinnet · Chaffinch · Marsh Tit · Kestrel · Yellowhammer +16
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
Small White · Meadow Brown · Large White · Gatekeeper · Ringlet +17
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
False Oat-grass · Bramble · Cock's-foot · Ribwort Plantain · Creeping Thistle +38
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2023
- BrambleRubus fruticosus2023
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2023
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2023
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2023
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2024Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2024Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2023Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2023Green-veined WhitePieris napi2023Green-veined WhitePieris napi2023Common BluePolyommatus icarus2023Common BluePolyommatus icarus2023PeacockAglais io2024PeacockAglais io2024Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2023Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2023CommaPolygonia c-album2023CommaPolygonia c-album2023BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2023BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2023Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2023Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2023Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2023Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2023Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinumOak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinumBrown ArgusAricia agestis2024Brown ArgusAricia agestis2024Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2024Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2024Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2024Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2024Common WaspVespula vulgaris2023Common WaspVespula vulgaris20232023
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Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2023Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2023HawthornCrataegus monogyna2023HawthornCrataegus monogyna2023Red FescueFestuca rubra2023Red FescueFestuca rubra2023Yellow Oat-grassTrisetum flavescens2023Yellow Oat-grassTrisetum flavescens2023Upright BromeBromopsis erecta2023Upright BromeBromopsis erecta2023Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2023Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2023Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2023Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2023EyebrightEuphrasiaEyebrightEuphrasiaDandelionTaraxacum2023DandelionTaraxacum2023Fairy FlaxLinum catharticum2023Fairy FlaxLinum catharticum2023Smooth Meadow-grassPoa pratensis2023Smooth Meadow-grassPoa pratensis2023HollyIlex aquifolium2023HollyIlex aquifolium2023Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2023Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2023Hairy VioletViola hirta2023Hairy VioletViola hirta2023CowslipPrimula veris2023CowslipPrimula veris2023IvyHedera helix2023IvyHedera helix2023RoseRosa2023RoseRosa2023Field MapleAcer campestre2023Field MapleAcer campestre2023Salad BurnetPoterium sanguisorba2023Salad BurnetPoterium sanguisorba2023Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2023Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2023Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2023Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2023Hedge BedstrawGalium album2023Hedge BedstrawGalium album2023AgrimonyAgrimonia2023AgrimonyAgrimonia2023BlackthornPrunus spinosa2023BlackthornPrunus spinosa2023Wild ParsnipPastinaca sativa2023Wild ParsnipPastinaca sativa2023Common SorrelRumex acetosa2023Common SorrelRumex acetosa2023Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2023Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2023White Dead-nettleLamium album2023White Dead-nettleLamium album2023Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2023Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2023Red CloverTrifolium pratense2023Red CloverTrifolium pratense2023Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2023Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2023SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2023SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2023Quaking-grassBriza media2023Quaking-grassBriza media2023Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca2023Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca2023Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus2023Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus2023AshFraxinus excelsior2023AshFraxinus excelsior2023ClematisClematis2023ClematisClematis2023