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Adchester Wood

✦ Ancient woodland1 ha

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Free entryDogs welcome1 ha

Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • 🐦71+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackcap and Tawny Owl
  • 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
  • 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

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

Best for

7 activities

Bird watching

Birds — Blackcap, Tawny Owl, Skylark +68 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds

Free

Wildlife

Mammals — Hedgehog, Common Pipistrelle, Soprano Pipistrelle +22 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Small White, Large White, Green-veined White +57 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Biting Stonecrop, Great Willowherb, Viburnum farreri x grandiflorum = V. x bodnantense +4 more · last seen 2017

Free

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Heritage

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
The Vale WayWalking route43 km

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

Named routeLength 43 kmLocal walking route
Windrush PathWalking route
Named routeLocal walking route
Thames PathWalking route296 km
Named routeRef TPLength 296 kmNational walking route
🚴

Cycling

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Eaton-FyfieldCycling route
Named routeXcn
Wootton-FyfieldCycling route
Named routeXcn
Vale Cycle LinksCycling route
Named route
Netherton - Hinton WaldristCycling route
Named route
Fyfield - BucklandCycling route
Named route
🐴

Horse riding

1 public path nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Track and farmland, Hinton Waldrist

Track and farmland, Hinton Waldrist

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