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Barton First Grove

✦ Ancient woodland4 ha

📷 Michael Dibb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

WildlifeBirdsForaging
Free entryDogs welcome4 ha

Getting here

51.98400, -1.61688

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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
  • 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Blue Tit, Woodpigeon, Robin +71 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blue Tit, Woodpigeon, Robin +71 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants

Varies

Seasonal nature

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour

Free

Insect spotting

Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens; Insects — Common Marbled Carpet, Tillus elongatus · last seen 2020

Free

Heritage

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

7 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Shakespeare's WayWalking route235 km
Named routeLength 235 kmRegional walking route
Diamond WayWalking route106 km
Named routeRef DIALength 106 kmRegional walking route
Cross Cotswold PathwayWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
Macmillan WayWalking route290 km
Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route
D'Arcy Dalton WayWalking route107 km

Follows roughly the western boundary of Oxfordshire in unspoilt countryside.

Named routeLength 107 kmRegional walking route
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Cycling

13 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Fosse2Cycling route
Named routeRef 48National Cycle Network
Cotswold Line Cycle RouteCycling route
Named routeRef 442National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route84 m
Named routeRef 442Length 84 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route84 m
Named routeRef 442Length 84 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface grass
Main RouteCycling route225 m
Named routeRef 442Length 225 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface bareearth
N/ACycling route796 m
Named routeLength 796 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Woods on Barton Hill

📷 Michael Dibb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Woods on Barton Hill

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦CHASTLETON HOUSEHistoric site3.2 km→✦CORNWELL MANORHistoric site4.7 km→🌱Nethercote MeadowUrban park2.7 km→🌱St Mary's ChurchUrban park3.1 km→⛪St Peter and St Paul's ChurchReligious grounds2.6 km→✦Moated siteHistoric site3 km→

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