Ladygrove Shaw - Broadleaved woodland 6 ha
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🐶 Dogs🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 6 ha
Places › England › South East › South Oxfordshire Getting here
51.51008, -1.05587
Open directionsv 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 📍 Open access throughout summer — no booking required 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 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 📍 Open access throughout summer — no booking required £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcomeDogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂 Seasonal nature
Good match
Broadleaved woodland — spring blossom and autumn colour
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 8 signed routes nearby · 11 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
The Chiltern Way Southern Extension Walking route ▾
Long distance path
Named route Ref CWS Regional walking route
Show on map European walking route E2 west, UK, South East England Walking route ▾
Westroute: Stranraer (UK) - Birminhgham (UK) - Calais (FR) - Zoersel (BE) / Eastroute: Stranraer (UK) - Harwich (UK) - Rotterdam (NL) - Zoersel (BE) / Both Routes: Zoersel (BE) - Maastrich (NL) - Luxembourg (LUX) - Lake Geneva (CH) - Nice (FR)
Named route Ref E2 International walking route
Show on map Woodland Walk, Basildon Park Walking route 2.4 km ▾
This route goes through the woodland and across our landscape parkland. Suitable for all terrain pushchairs. Potential for livestock on route.
Named route Length 2.4 km Duration 00:45 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Hidden Valley, Basildon Park Walking route 4 km ▾
A route throught our secluded valley, down the carriage drive and up the old drive to the mansion. Potential for livestock on route.
Named route Length 4 km Duration 01:30 Point-to-point Local walking route
Show on map Thames Path Walking route 296 km ▾
Named route Ref TP Length 296 km National walking route
Show on map 5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 5 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 5 National Cycle Network
Show on map Round Berkshire Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Route R5 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref R5 Local cycle route
Show on map Chilterns Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Round trip Regional cycle route
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 18.5 km ▾
Named route Ref 5 Length 18.5 km National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map 2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Judges' Ride Mountain bike route ▾
King Alfred's Way Mountain bike route ▾
King Alfreds Way is 350km (220 miles) off road route designed to be ridden clockwise. It starts & ends in Winchester. It is suitable for gravel or cross-country bikes.
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map 9 public paths nearby
Public paths
Bunce's Lane restricted byway · 420 m ▾
Public path restricted byway Length 420 m Surface paved Path type: service
Show on map Collins End bridleway · 330 m ▾
Public path bridleway Length 330 m Path type: unclassified
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Wildlife to spot
8,303 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 8,303 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 38 species
summer winter
2025 ▾
Robin · Woodpigeon · Song Thrush · Blue Tit · Carrion Crow +33
Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Rook Corvus frugilegus Blackbird Turdus merula Magpie Pica pica Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Jay Garrulus glandarius Great Tit Parus major Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2024 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Skylark Alauda arvensis Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Dunnock Prunella modularis2024 Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2024 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla Redwing Turdus iliacus Brambling Fringilla montifringilla Coal Tit Periparus ater Goldcrest Regulus regulus Common Gull Larus canus Stock Dove Columba oenas Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Nuthatch Sitta europaea Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Tawny Owl Strix aluco Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa2024 🦌 Mammals 5 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Rabbit · Roe Deer · Muntjac · Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2024 Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2023 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Smooth Newt
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Furrow Bee · Short-fringed Mining Bee · Western Honey Bee · White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers · Great Green Bush-cricket +16
Common Furrow Bee Lasioglossum calceatum2023 Short-fringed Mining Bee Andrena dorsata2023 Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera2023 White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers Bombus lucorum/terrestris2023 Great Green Bush-cricket Tettigonia viridissima2025 Silky Forklet-moss · Swan's-neck Thyme-moss · Bank Haircap · Isothecium myosuroides · Common Feather-moss
Silky Forklet-moss Dicranella heteromalla Swan's-neck Thyme-moss Mnium hornum Bank Haircap Polytrichum formosum Isothecium myosuroides Isothecium myosuroides Common Feather-moss Kindbergia praelonga Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 8,303 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 38 species
summer winter
2025 ▾
Robin · Woodpigeon · Song Thrush · Blue Tit · Carrion Crow +33
Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Rook Corvus frugilegus Blackbird Turdus merula Magpie Pica pica Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Jay Garrulus glandarius Great Tit Parus major Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2024 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Skylark Alauda arvensis Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Dunnock Prunella modularis2024 Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2024 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla Redwing Turdus iliacus Brambling Fringilla montifringilla Coal Tit Periparus ater Goldcrest Regulus regulus Common Gull Larus canus Stock Dove Columba oenas Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Nuthatch Sitta europaea Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Tawny Owl Strix aluco Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa2024 🦌 Mammals 5 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Rabbit · Roe Deer · Muntjac · Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2024 Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2023 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Smooth Newt
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Furrow Bee · Short-fringed Mining Bee · Western Honey Bee · White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers · Great Green Bush-cricket +16
Common Furrow Bee Lasioglossum calceatum2023 Short-fringed Mining Bee Andrena dorsata2023 Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera2023 White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers Bombus lucorum/terrestris2023 Great Green Bush-cricket Tettigonia viridissima2025 Silky Forklet-moss · Swan's-neck Thyme-moss · Bank Haircap · Isothecium myosuroides · Common Feather-moss
Silky Forklet-moss Dicranella heteromalla Swan's-neck Thyme-moss Mnium hornum Bank Haircap Polytrichum formosum Isothecium myosuroides Isothecium myosuroides Common Feather-moss Kindbergia praelonga Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Marmalade Hoverfly
Marmalade Hoverfly
Episyrphus balteatus2023
Episyrphus balteatus2023
Early Bumblebee Bombus pratorum2023
Early Bumblebee Bombus pratorum2023
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax2023
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax2023
Small Garden Bumblebee Bombus hortorum2023
Small Garden Bumblebee Bombus hortorum2023
Notonecta (Notonecta) maculata Notonecta (Notonecta) maculata
Notonecta (Notonecta) maculata Notonecta (Notonecta) maculata
Oedemera femoralis Oedemera femoralis2025
Oedemera femoralis Oedemera femoralis2025
Anoplotrupes stercorosus Anoplotrupes stercorosus2024
Anoplotrupes stercorosus Anoplotrupes stercorosus2024
Black Clock Pterostichus madidus2024
Black Clock Pterostichus madidus2024
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus2023
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus2023
Rhingia campestris Rhingia campestris2023
Rhingia campestris Rhingia campestris2023
Long-faced Furrow Bee Lasioglossum punctatissimum2023
Long-faced Furrow Bee Lasioglossum punctatissimum2023
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis2023
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis2023
Impunctate Mini-miner Andrena subopaca2023
Impunctate Mini-miner Andrena subopaca2023
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2023
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2023
Large Scabious Mining Bee Andrena hattorfiana2023
Large Scabious Mining Bee Andrena hattorfiana2023
Nomada panzeri Nomada panzeri2023
Nomada panzeri Nomada panzeri2023 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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