The Grove - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.76641, -1.26242
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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- ☕Viny's Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- ☕Viny's Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking☕Café🅿️Parking· Free🧺Picnic spot
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
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km19 signed routes nearby · 7 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
Shakespeare's WayWalking route235 km▾
Named routeLength 235 kmRegional walking route
Oxford Canal WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Dragon Lanepublic footpath · 66 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 66 mSurface asphaltPath type: cycleway
Church Walkpublic footpath · 9 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 9 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Dragon Lanepublic footpath · 170 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 170 mPath type: service
146 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
5 public paths nearby
Public paths
Aristotle Lanebyway open to all traffic · 13 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 13 mPath type: residential
Aristotle Lanebyway open to all traffic · 18 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 18 mPath type: residential
Aristotle Lanebyway open to all traffic · 10 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 10 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Aristotle Lanebyway open to all traffic · 26 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 26 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Aristotle Lanebyway open to all traffic · 40 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 40 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
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Wildlife to spot
51,443 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
51,443 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlack-headed Gull · Woodpigeon · Mallard · Canada Goose · Mute Swan +27
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Great TitParus major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- TealAnas crecca
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MagpiePica pica
- GadwallMareca strepera
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Dark-edged Bee-fly · 7-spot Ladybird · Epistrophe eligans · Vine Weevil · Syrphus torvus +8
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
- Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
- Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger
- Notiophilus biguttatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
51,443 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlack-headed Gull · Woodpigeon · Mallard · Canada Goose · Mute Swan +27
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Great TitParus major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- TealAnas crecca
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MagpiePica pica
- GadwallMareca strepera
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Dark-edged Bee-fly · 7-spot Ladybird · Epistrophe eligans · Vine Weevil · Syrphus torvus +8
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
- Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
- Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger
- Notiophilus biguttatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Notiophilus biguttatus
Notiophilus biguttatus
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