Almshill Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland15 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦋Insects🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome15 ha
Getting here
51.59124, -0.93460
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 welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km19 signed routes nearby · 19 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
The RidgewayWalking route140 km▾
Named routeRef RWLength 140 kmNational walking route
The Chiltern WayWalking route275 km▾
A waymarked long-distance footpath in southern England
Named routeRef CWLength 275 kmRegional walking route
Oxfordshire WayWalking route110 km▾
a traverse of Oxfordshire from the Cotswolds to the Chilterns
Named routeRef OWLength 110 kmRegional walking route
Shakespeare's WayWalking route235 km▾
Named routeLength 235 kmRegional walking route
The Chiltern Way Southern ExtensionWalking route▾
Long distance path
Named routeRef CWSRegional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Chilterns CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
Woodland above Stonor village
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Wildlife to spot
7,837 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,837 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPheasant · Robin · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Woodpigeon · Blackbird +40
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- CootFulica atra
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Meadow Grasshopper
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
Hawthorn · Common Nettle · Ground-ivy · Herb-Robert · Bracken +17
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- IvyHedera helix
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,837 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPheasant · Robin · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Woodpigeon · Blackbird +40
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- CootFulica atra
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Meadow Grasshopper
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
Hawthorn · Common Nettle · Ground-ivy · Herb-Robert · Bracken +17
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- IvyHedera helix
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas