Colley's Ladder East - Broadleaved woodland
7 ha
🌿Foraging🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
51.72239, -1.23986
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
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Lowland fens — specialist fen birds and passage waders
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland fens — fen dragonflies and rare invertebrates
Free
Named hiking route nearby: European walking route E2 west, UK, South East England
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km19 signed routes nearby · 34 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▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Northwood TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Shakespeare's WayWalking route235 km▾
Named routeLength 235 kmRegional walking route
Heyford Hill Lanepublic footpath · 988 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 988 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Mill Lanepublic footpath · 76 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 76 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Mathematical Bridgepublic footpath · 12 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 12 mSurface woodPath type: footway
112 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network
Route 8Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 8Local cycle route
Route 8aCycling route▾
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Route 9Cycling route▾
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Route 3aCycling route▾
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Eaton - WoottonCycling route▾
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Wildlife to spot
71,673 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
71,673 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGoldcrest · Blue Tit · Nuthatch · Robin · Wren +21
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
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
71,673 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGoldcrest · Blue Tit · Nuthatch · Robin · Wren +21
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
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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