The Grove - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife〰Water
Free entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
51.75395, -1.29156
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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
- 🥾Walking is best here in early morning in summer — quiet trails and good light before the heat
- 🐕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
- 🥾Walking is best here in early morning in summer — quiet trails and good light before the heat
- 🐕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
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking· Paid🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl
Free
Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh priority habitat
Free
〰Waterside walks
Good match
Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km16 signed routes nearby · 1 public path 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
Kidlington Circular WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
129 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▾
Named routeRef 8aLocal cycle route
Route 9Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 9Local cycle route
Eaton - WoottonCycling route▾
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Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
43,833 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
43,833 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlack-headed Gull · Mallard · Robin · Pied Wagtail · Greylag Goose +25
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MagpiePica pica
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- TealAnas crecca
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Great TitParus major
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
🐝Insects16 species
winterspring
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Common Quaker · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Spring Harbinger · Epistrophe eligans +11
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Common QuakerOrthosia cerasi
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Spring HarbingerTortricodes alternella
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- March TubicDiurnea fagella
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
43,833 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlack-headed Gull · Mallard · Robin · Pied Wagtail · Greylag Goose +25
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MagpiePica pica
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- TealAnas crecca
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Great TitParus major
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
🐝Insects16 species
winterspring
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Common Quaker · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Spring Harbinger · Epistrophe eligans +11
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Common QuakerOrthosia cerasi
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Spring HarbingerTortricodes alternella
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- March TubicDiurnea fagella
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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