Stratfield Brake - Broadleaved woodland
5 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
51.80022, -1.27905
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
- 🅿️Oxford Parkway Station 141m away — 16 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
- 🅿️Oxford Parkway Station 141m away — 16 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
Named cycling route nearby: NCN 51
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km10 signed routes nearby · 15 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
Shakespeare's WayWalking route235 km▾
Named routeLength 235 kmRegional walking route
Oxford Canal WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Kidlington Circular Walk (Short Route)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
118 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 9Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 9Local cycle route
Route 3aCycling route▾
Named routeRef 3aLocal cycle route
Islip-HortonCycling route▾
Named routeXcn
Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1Local cycle route
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
Trees line the track near Stratfield Brake
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Wildlife to spot
10,771 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,771 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds33 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Robin · Shoveler · Woodpigeon · Dunnock · Magpie +28
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WigeonMareca penelope
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- CootFulica atra
- Great TitParus major
- TealAnas crecca
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
- PintailAnas acuta2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- MerlinFalco columbarius2025
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus2025
Harlequin Ladybird · Apion frumentarium · Syrphus torvus · Scathophaga stercoraria · 7-spot Ladybird +2
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Apion frumentariumApion frumentarium
- Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Culiseta annulataCuliseta annulata2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,771 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds33 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Robin · Shoveler · Woodpigeon · Dunnock · Magpie +28
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WigeonMareca penelope
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- CootFulica atra
- Great TitParus major
- TealAnas crecca
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
- PintailAnas acuta2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- MerlinFalco columbarius2025
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus2025
Harlequin Ladybird · Apion frumentarium · Syrphus torvus · Scathophaga stercoraria · 7-spot Ladybird +2
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Apion frumentariumApion frumentarium
- Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Culiseta annulataCuliseta annulata2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Southern Oak Bush-cricket
Southern Oak Bush-cricket
Meconema meridionale2025
Meconema meridionale2025