The Grove - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🧺Picnic🛝Family🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.75552, -1.26531
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
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Thirsty Meeples — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Thirsty Meeples — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🚻Toilets
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km18 signed routes nearby · 44 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
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
Beesley Lanepublic footpath · 147 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 147 mSurface asphaltPath type: footway
(Lower) Fisher Rowpublic footpath · 97 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 97 mSurface asphaltPath type: footway
Fisher Rowpublic footpath · 59 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 59 mSurface asphaltPath type: footway
140 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network
Cotswold Line Cycle Route (under development)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 442National 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
Route 3aCycling route▾
Named routeRef 3aLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
52,482 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
52,482 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlack-headed Gull · Mallard · Woodpigeon · Mute Swan · Canada Goose +24
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- MagpiePica pica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- TealAnas crecca
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Great TitParus major
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GadwallMareca strepera
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- CootFulica atra
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Eristalis pertinax · Epistrophe eligans · Vine Weevil +3
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- Rose Chafer
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
52,482 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlack-headed Gull · Mallard · Woodpigeon · Mute Swan · Canada Goose +24
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- MagpiePica pica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- TealAnas crecca
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Great TitParus major
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GadwallMareca strepera
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- CootFulica atra
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Eristalis pertinax · Epistrophe eligans · Vine Weevil +3
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- Rose Chafer
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Cetonia aurata
Cetonia aurata
Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatusPea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatusEvents & activities nearby
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