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Botley Cemetery

1 ha

WildlifeBirdsPicnic

Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha

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51.75031, -1.29456

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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
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
☕Coffee#1 — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
☕Coffee#1 — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingCaféParking· FreeToilets

Best for

12 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Mallard, Woodpigeon, Magpie +66 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Mallard, Woodpigeon, Magpie +66 more · last seen 2026

Free

Picnic day out

Strong match

café, toilets, car park

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Hollyhock Weevil, 2-spot Ladybird +245 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Hollyhock Weevil, 2-spot Ladybird +245 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

café, toilets

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

16 signed routes nearby · 4 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

Oxford Canal WalkWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Ramblers Jubilee Circular WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Kidlington Circular WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

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Cycling

131 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route

Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network

Route 8Cycling route

Named routeRef 8Local cycle route

Route 8aCycling route

Named routeRef 8aLocal cycle route

Route 9Cycling route

Named routeRef 9Local cycle route

Eaton - WoottonCycling route

Named routeXcn

Route 1Cycling route

Named routeRef 1Local cycle route

Wildlife to spot

40,295 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

40,295 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds44 species

winterspringautumn

2026

Mallard · Moorhen · Magpie · Greylag Goose · Canada Goose +39

MallardAnas platyrhynchos
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
MagpiePica pica
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
RobinErithacus rubecula
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
JackdawColoeus monedula
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Great TitParus major
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
RedwingTurdus iliacus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
CootFulica atra2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐸

Amphibians2 species

autumn

2025

Common Toad · Smooth Newt

Common ToadBufo bufo
Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris

🐝

Insects17 species

winterspring

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Common Quaker · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Spring Harbinger · Epistrophe eligans +12

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Common QuakerOrthosia cerasi
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Spring HarbingerTortricodes alternella
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
March TubicDiurnea fagella
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
DrinkerEuthrix potatoria
Mocydia croceaMocydia crocea
ChestnutConistra vaccinii
Hebrew CharacterOrthosia gothica
Small QuakerOrthosia cruda
Lead-coloured DrabOrthosia populeti
Early GreyXylocampa areola
Spring UsherAgriopis leucophaearia
Common Fern MothPsychoides filicivora

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

40,295 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds44 species

winterspringautumn

2026

Mallard · Moorhen · Magpie · Greylag Goose · Canada Goose +39

MallardAnas platyrhynchos
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
MagpiePica pica
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
RobinErithacus rubecula
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
JackdawColoeus monedula
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Great TitParus major
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
RedwingTurdus iliacus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
CootFulica atra2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐸

Amphibians2 species

autumn

2025

Common Toad · Smooth Newt

Common ToadBufo bufo
Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris

🐝

Insects17 species

winterspring

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Common Quaker · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Spring Harbinger · Epistrophe eligans +12

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Common QuakerOrthosia cerasi
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Spring HarbingerTortricodes alternella
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
March TubicDiurnea fagella
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
DrinkerEuthrix potatoria
Mocydia croceaMocydia crocea
ChestnutConistra vaccinii
Hebrew CharacterOrthosia gothica
Small QuakerOrthosia cruda
Lead-coloured DrabOrthosia populeti
Early GreyXylocampa areola
Spring UsherAgriopis leucophaearia
Common Fern MothPsychoides filicivora

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Basher Eyre · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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