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Brickyard Spinney

4 ha

📷 Mat Fascione · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha

Getting here

52.40469, -1.34053

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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
  • 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
  • 🅿️Parking 50m away — 4 car parks within reach

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
Parking

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Woodpigeon, Mallard, Blackbird +76 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Mallard, Blackbird +76 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Semi-improved grassland — butterflies and wildflowers; Insects — Glow-worm, 7-spot Ladybird, 14-spot Ladybird +1 more · last seen 2024

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

24 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Oxford Canal WalkWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
Centenary WayWalking route
Named routeRef CWListed length 100 miRegional walking route
A Coventry WayWalking route
Named routeRef ACWListed length 40 miRegional walking route
Shakespeare's Avon WayWalking route142 km

From the source at Naseby, Northamptonshire to the Severn at Tewkesbury

Named routeRef SAWLength 142 kmRegional walking route
ACW Circular Walk 09Walking route
Named routeRef C09Listed length 14.5 kmLocal walking route
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Cycling

6 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Viaduct CyclewayCycling route

Ways signed by route signs as part of the Viaduct Cycleway

Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 53Cycling route
Named routeRef 53National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1 km
Named routeRef 53Length 1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route1.6 km
Named routeLength 1.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route90 m
Named routeLength 90 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route171 m
Named routeLength 171 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
Coombe Country Park mountain bike routeMountain bike route
Named routeRound trip

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Narrowboat on the Oxford Canal

📷 Mat Fascione · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Narrowboat on the Oxford Canal

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦COMBE ABBEYHistoric site4.9 km→🌱Brinklow Playing FieldUrban park1.7 km→✦Brinklow CastleHistoric site1.4 km→✦Motte and bailey castle, 30m E of St John the Baptist's ChurchHistoric site1.4 km→🐄Malt Kiln FarmVisitor farm2.8 km→✦Wolston priory and moated siteHistoric site4.5 km→

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