The Grove - Broadleaved woodland
0 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
51.75612, -1.27209
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
- 🅿️Disabled 83m away — 20 car parks within reach, toilets nearby
🌤️ 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
- 🅿️Disabled 83m away — 20 car parks within reach, toilets nearby
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking· Paid🚻Toilets
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
toilets
Free
Named hiking route nearby: European walking route E2 west, UK, South East England
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km17 signed routes nearby · 31 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
Kidlington Circular WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Beesley Lanepublic footpath · 147 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 147 mSurface asphaltPath type: footway
135 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
47,852 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
47,852 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlack-headed Gull · Mallard · Woodpigeon · Canada Goose · Mute Swan +24
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- TealAnas crecca
- Great TitParus major
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Eristalis pertinax · Epistrophe eligans · March Tubic +9
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- March TubicDiurnea fagella
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
- Syrphus torvus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
47,852 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlack-headed Gull · Mallard · Woodpigeon · Canada Goose · Mute Swan +24
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- TealAnas crecca
- Great TitParus major
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Eristalis pertinax · Epistrophe eligans · March Tubic +9
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- March TubicDiurnea fagella
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
- Syrphus torvus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Syrphus torvus
Syrphus torvus
Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes lunigerEupeodes lunigerEupeodes lunigerMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisRose ChaferCetonia aurataRose ChaferCetonia aurataPea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatusPea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatusBadister bullatusBadister bullatusBadister bullatusBadister bullatusElaphrus ripariusElaphrus ripariusElaphrus ripariusElaphrus ripariusCommon QuakerOrthosia cerasiCommon QuakerOrthosia cerasiEvents & activities nearby
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