Great Meadow - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🧺Picnic🛝Family🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.75683, -1.25646
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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
- ☕Dark Horse Roastery — 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
- ☕Dark Horse Roastery — 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
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Named cycling route nearby: NCN 51
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km21 signed routes nearby · 12 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Oxford Green Belt WayWalking route87 km▾
Named routeLength 87 kmRegional walking route
Oxfordshire WayWalking route110 km▾
a traverse of Oxfordshire from the Cotswolds to the Chilterns
Named routeRef OWLength 110 kmRegional walking route
Boundary PatrolWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Sandpit WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Northwood TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Lamb and Flag Passagepublic footpath · 76 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 76 mSurface paving_stonesPath type: footway
Museum Roadpublic footpath · 50 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 50 mSurface asphaltPath type: pedestrian
Bath Placepublic footpath · 27 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 27 mSurface unhewn_cobblestonePath type: service
143 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
49,730 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
49,730 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds28 species
winterspring
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Mallard · Robin · Canada Goose · Blue Tit +23
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MagpiePica pica
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- TealAnas crecca
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- GadwallMareca strepera
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- CootFulica atra
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Eristalis pertinax · Epistrophe eligans · Vine Weevil +7
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
- Notiophilus biguttatusNotiophilus biguttatus
- Glyphotaelius pellucidus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
49,730 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds28 species
winterspring
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Mallard · Robin · Canada Goose · Blue Tit +23
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MagpiePica pica
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- TealAnas crecca
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- GadwallMareca strepera
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- CootFulica atra
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Eristalis pertinax · Epistrophe eligans · Vine Weevil +7
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
- Notiophilus biguttatusNotiophilus biguttatus
- Glyphotaelius pellucidus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Glyphotaelius pellucidus
Glyphotaelius pellucidus
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisSaucer BugIlyocoris cimicoidesSaucer BugIlyocoris cimicoidesRose ChaferCetonia aurataRose ChaferCetonia aurataPea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatusPea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatusVaried Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasciVaried Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasciEvents & activities nearby
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