Matthew Arnold's Field - Broadleaved woodland
4 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
51.71754, -1.29435
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
Dogs 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
Named hiking route nearby: Oxford Green Belt Way
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km16 signed routes nearby · 11 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Oxford Green Belt WayWalking route87 km▾
Named routeLength 87 kmRegional walking route
Shakespeare's WayWalking route235 km▾
Named routeLength 235 kmRegional walking route
Oxford Canal WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Ramblers Jubilee Circular WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Hinksey Heights Nature TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
98 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾
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Route 8Cycling route▾
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Eaton - WoottonCycling route▾
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Route 1Cycling route▾
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7 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Photos
Overgrown view from Jarn Mound
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Wildlife to spot
15,450 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
15,450 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Coal Tit · Goldcrest · Long-tailed Tit +29
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
🦌Mammals3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Pygmy Shrew · Roe Deer · Muntjac
- Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Black Arches · Straw Dot · Riband Wave · Large Yellow Underwing · Gypsy Moth +81
- Black ArchesLymantria monacha
- Straw DotRivula sericealis
- Riband WaveIdaea aversata
- Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba
- Gypsy MothLymantria dispar
- Common CarpetEpirrhoe alternata
- Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
15,450 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Coal Tit · Goldcrest · Long-tailed Tit +29
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
🦌Mammals3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Pygmy Shrew · Roe Deer · Muntjac
- Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Black Arches · Straw Dot · Riband Wave · Large Yellow Underwing · Gypsy Moth +81
- Black ArchesLymantria monacha
- Straw DotRivula sericealis
- Riband WaveIdaea aversata
- Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba
- Gypsy MothLymantria dispar
- Common CarpetEpirrhoe alternata
- Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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