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Ash Plantations

10 ha

📷 andrew auger · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome10 ha

Getting here

51.78592, -1.41184

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
  • 🌿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

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Robin, Starling, Blackbird +78 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Starling, Blackbird +78 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Common Red Soldier Beetle, Gatekeeper, Common Darter +52 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Common Red Soldier Beetle, Gatekeeper, Common Darter +52 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Cuckooflower, Ribwort Plantain, Hemlock +45 more · last seen 2019; Plants — Cuckooflower, Ribwort Plantain, Hemlock +45 more · last seen 2019

Free

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Bristly Oxtongue, Bramble, Ground-elder +3 more foraging species

Varies

Mushroom foraging

Fungi — Zoned Rosette, Oak Polypore · last seen 2017; Fungi — Zoned Rosette, Oak Polypore · last seen 2017

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

7 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Oxford Green Belt WayWalking route87 km
Named routeLength 87 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
Palladian WayWalking route190 km

The Old Goal, Buckingham to Pulteney Bridge, Bath

Named routeLength 190 kmRegional walking route
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Cycling

14 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Cotswold Line Cycle Route (under development)Cycling route
Named routeRef 442National Cycle Network
A40 Cycle PathCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 57Cycling route
Named routeRef 57National Cycle Network
Blenheim Community PathCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Cotswold Line Cycle RouteCycling route
Named routeRef 442National Cycle Network
Witney to Long Hanborough Cycle PathCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Farm beside the A40

📷 andrew auger · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Farm beside the A40

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦The remains of a medieval moated manor, priory, settlement and associated features, CoggesHistoric site4.5 km→✦norcon 1 of 3Historic site4.5 km→🌱Langel CommonUrban park4.6 km→✦EYNSHAM HALLHistoric site2.5 km→✦Sites discovered by aerial photography, near Foxley FarmHistoric site2.2 km→🌱Eynsham ParkUrban park2.4 km→

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