Old Cricketground Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland29 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome29 ha
Getting here
51.65480, -0.96466
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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
- 🅿️Cowleaze Wood 192m away — 4 car parks within reach
🌤️ 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
- 🅿️Cowleaze Wood 192m away — 4 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Named hiking route nearby: The Ridgeway
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km13 signed routes nearby · 17 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
Aston Rowant Discovery TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Chilterns CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Bledlow Circular RideMountain bike route14 km▾
A 10 mile circular ride through Chiltern countryside with fine open views. Mainly on bridleways, byways and quiet lanes. Waymarked. Pub on route.
Named routeLength 14 kmRound trip
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
Christmas Common Roadbridleway · 322 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 322 mPath type: bridleway
Icknield Wayrestricted byway · 1.5 km▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 1.5 kmSurface dirtPath type: track
Icknield Wayrestricted byway · 1.1 km▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 1.1 kmSurface dirtPath type: track
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Wildlife to spot
50,686 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
50,686 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarrion Crow · Robin · Chaffinch · Wren · Chiffchaff +37
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummer
2025▾
Fallow Deer · Grey Squirrel · Badger · Mole · Weasel
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BadgerMeles meles
- MoleTalpa europaea
- WeaselMustela nivalis
Slow-worm
🐝Insects53 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Marmalade Hoverfly · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Carabus auronitens · 7-spot Ladybird · Field Grasshopper +48
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Carabus auronitensCarabus auronitens
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Cramp-Ball Fungus Weevil
Clustered Bellflower · Big Shaggy-moss
- Clustered BellflowerCampanula glomerata
- Big Shaggy-mossHylocomiadelphus triquetrus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
50,686 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarrion Crow · Robin · Chaffinch · Wren · Chiffchaff +37
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummer
2025▾
Fallow Deer · Grey Squirrel · Badger · Mole · Weasel
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BadgerMeles meles
- MoleTalpa europaea
- WeaselMustela nivalis
Slow-worm
🐝Insects53 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Marmalade Hoverfly · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Carabus auronitens · 7-spot Ladybird · Field Grasshopper +48
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Carabus auronitensCarabus auronitens
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Cramp-Ball Fungus Weevil
Clustered Bellflower · Big Shaggy-moss
- Clustered BellflowerCampanula glomerata
- Big Shaggy-mossHylocomiadelphus triquetrus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Platyrhinus resinosus
Platyrhinus resinosus
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumNephus redtenbacheriNephus redtenbacheriNephus redtenbacheriNephus redtenbacheriWhite Clover Seed WeevilProtapion fulvipesWhite Clover Seed WeevilProtapion fulvipesGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaGlow-wormLampyris noctilucaGlow-wormLampyris noctilucaGarden ChaferPhyllopertha horticolaGarden ChaferPhyllopertha horticolaPterostichus nigerPterostichus nigerPterostichus nigerPterostichus nigerAnoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosusDock BugCoreus marginatusDock BugCoreus marginatusSpeckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissimaSpeckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissimaTurrutus socialisTurrutus socialisTurrutus socialisTurrutus socialisIschnopterapion virensIschnopterapion virensIschnopterapion virensIschnopterapion virensMeadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelusMeadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelusTurnip TigressAthalia rosaeTurnip TigressAthalia rosaeMottled GrasshopperMyrmeleotettix maculatusMottled GrasshopperMyrmeleotettix maculatusSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusEvacanthus interruptusEvacanthus interruptusEvacanthus interruptusEvacanthus interruptusRoesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeseliiRoesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeseliiCommon DarterSympetrum striolatumCommon DarterSympetrum striolatumFerdinandea cupreaFerdinandea cupreaFerdinandea cupreaFerdinandea cupreaHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusBatman HoverflyMyathropa floreaBatman HoverflyMyathropa floreaCheilosia sororCheilosia sororCheilosia sororCheilosia sororTurtle BugPodops inunctaTurtle BugPodops inunctaDelphax pulchellusDelphax pulchellusDelphax pulchellusDelphax pulchellusSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisCommon Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulusCommon Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulusOrchid BeetleDascillus cervinusOrchid BeetleDascillus cervinusAthous haemorrhoidalisAthous haemorrhoidalisAthous haemorrhoidalisAthous haemorrhoidalisRed-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidariusRed-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidariusCantharis rusticaCantharis rusticaCantharis rusticaCantharis rusticaSlender-footed RobberflyLeptarthrus brevirostrisSlender-footed RobberflyLeptarthrus brevirostrisRed-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornisRed-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornisChequered Click BeetleProsternon tessellatumChequered Click BeetleProsternon tessellatumCephusCephusCephusCephusKidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatusKidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatusDolichovespula mediaDolichovespula mediaDolichovespula mediaDolichovespula mediaParent BugElasmucha griseaParent BugElasmucha griseaAgrypnus murinusAgrypnus murinusAgrypnus murinusAgrypnus murinusScabious ClubhornAbia nitensScabious ClubhornAbia nitensAbax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedusBibio lanigerusBibio lanigerusBibio lanigerusBibio lanigerusCarabus problematicusCarabus problematicusCarabus problematicusCarabus problematicusPoecilus cupreusPoecilus cupreusPoecilus cupreusPoecilus cupreusRhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloidesBadister bullatusBadister bullatusBadister bullatusBadister bullatusTortoise BugEurygaster testudinariaTortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria