Colley's Ladder East - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.72076, -1.23224
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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- ☕Starbucks — a good base for a longer summer day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- ☕Starbucks — a good base for a longer summer day out
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking☕Café🅿️Parking🛝Playground
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
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km19 signed routes nearby · 11 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Oxford Green Belt WayWalking route87 km▾
Named routeLength 87 kmRegional walking route
Boundary PatrolWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Sandpit WalkWalking route▾
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Northwood TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Shakespeare's WayWalking route235 km▾
Named routeLength 235 kmRegional walking route
Thomson Terracepublic footpath · 177 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 177 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Thomson Terracepublic footpath · 43 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 43 mPath type: residential
Heyford Hill Lanepublic footpath · 988 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 988 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
109 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾
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Route 8Cycling route▾
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Route 1Cycling route▾
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Wildlife to spot
62,879 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
62,879 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGoldcrest · Nuthatch · Blue Tit · Wren · Robin +21
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐸Amphibians2 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Harlequin Ladybird · Meliscaeva auricollis · Blue Shieldbug · Eristalis pertinax +29
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- Blue ShieldbugZicrona caerulea
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolor
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
62,879 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGoldcrest · Nuthatch · Blue Tit · Wren · Robin +21
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐸Amphibians2 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Harlequin Ladybird · Meliscaeva auricollis · Blue Shieldbug · Eristalis pertinax +29
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- Blue ShieldbugZicrona caerulea
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolor
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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