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Lower Deans Wood - Broadleaved woodland

4 ha

📷 David Howard · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha

Getting here

51.63870, -0.98711

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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 61m away — 2 car parks within reach

Good to know

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

Best for

7 activities

Dog walks

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths

Free

Wildlife

Deciduous woodland priority habitat

Free

Bird watching

Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds

Free

Hiking

Named hiking route nearby: The Ridgeway

Free

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
🚶

Walking

12 signed routes nearby · 11 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
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Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
Chilterns CyclewayCycling route
Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route
🐴

Horse riding

10 public paths nearby

Public paths
Icknield Wayrestricted byway · 254 m

Braided path.

Public pathrestricted bywayLength 254 mSurface dirtPath type: track
Icknield Wayrestricted byway · 130 m
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 130 mSurface compactedPath type: track
Icknield Wayrestricted byway · 175 m
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 175 mSurface dirtPath type: track
Icknield Wayrestricted byway · 507 m

Braided path. Some loose gravel and compacted dirt.

Public pathrestricted bywayLength 507 mSurface compactedPath type: track
Icknield Wayrestricted byway · 56 m
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 56 mSurface gravelPath type: service

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Watlington Hill looking towards Shirburn Hill

📷 David Howard · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Watlington Hill looking towards Shirburn Hill

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Useful places within 5 km

✦SHIRBURN CASTLEHistoric site2.3 km→🦉WATLINGTON CHALK PITNature reserve300 m→🌱Ibstone CommonUrban park4.9 km→⛪St Leonard's ChurchReligious grounds1.9 km→

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