Long Meadow - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.75853, -1.23070
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Marston Road Car Park (Temporary) 20m away — 18 car parks within reach
🌤️ 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
- 🅿️Marston Road Car Park (Temporary) 20m away — 18 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking· Paid
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Named hiking route nearby: Cuckoo Lane
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km21 signed routes nearby · 8 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
Kings Mill Lanepublic footpath · 173 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 173 mPath type: service
Cuckoo Lanepublic footpath · 408 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 408 mSurface dirtPath type: footway
Cuckoo Lanepublic footpath · 22 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 22 mSurface asphaltPath type: footway
145 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
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Route 1Cycling route▾
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Wildlife to spot
42,984 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
42,984 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds27 species
winterspring
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Blue Tit · Magpie · Mallard +22
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects19 species
springwinter
2026▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Rose Chafer · Pea-leaf Weevil · Notiophilus biguttatus · Hawthorn Shieldbug +14
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Rose ChaferCetonia aurata
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- Notiophilus biguttatusNotiophilus biguttatus
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolor
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
42,984 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds27 species
winterspring
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Blue Tit · Magpie · Mallard +22
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects19 species
springwinter
2026▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Rose Chafer · Pea-leaf Weevil · Notiophilus biguttatus · Hawthorn Shieldbug +14
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Rose ChaferCetonia aurata
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- Notiophilus biguttatusNotiophilus biguttatus
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolor
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Glyphotaelius pellucidusGlyphotaelius pellucidusGlyphotaelius pellucidusGlyphotaelius pellucidusSaucer BugIlyocoris cimicoidesSaucer BugIlyocoris cimicoidesVaried Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasciVaried Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasciIvy Boring BeetleOchina ptinoides2025Ivy Boring BeetleOchina ptinoides2025Liophloeus tessulatusLiophloeus tessulatus2025Liophloeus tessulatusLiophloeus tessulatus2025Enicmus transversusEnicmus transversus2025Enicmus transversusEnicmus transversus2025Euophryum confineEuophryum confine2025Euophryum confineEuophryum confine2025Polydrusus pterygomalisPolydrusus pterygomalis2025Polydrusus pterygomalisPolydrusus pterygomalis2025Sericoderus lateralisSericoderus lateralis2025Sericoderus lateralisSericoderus lateralis2025Sitona striatellusSitona striatellus2025Sitona striatellusSitona striatellus2025Rhinoceros BeetleSinodendron cylindricum2025Rhinoceros BeetleSinodendron cylindricum2025Cabbage Stem WeevilCeutorhynchus pallidactylus2025Cabbage Stem WeevilCeutorhynchus pallidactylus2025Nimbus contaminatusNimbus contaminatus2025Nimbus contaminatusNimbus contaminatus2025Events & activities nearby
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