Stratfield Brake - Broadleaved woodland
6 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
51.80441, -1.27836
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
- ☕The Little Italian Espresso Bar — 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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- ☕The Little Italian Espresso Bar — 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
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
café
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 · 2 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
114 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
Islip-HortonCycling route▾
Named routeXcn
Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1Local cycle route
A40 Cycle PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Photos
Gateway from field onto A4165
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Wildlife to spot
10,540 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,540 records · National Biodiversity NetworkShoveler · Woodpigeon · Robin · Wigeon · Magpie +36
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WigeonMareca penelope
- MagpiePica pica
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus2025
- Common TernSterna hirundo2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
- PintailAnas acuta2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- MerlinFalco columbarius2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects36 species
springsummer
2025▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Variable Damselfly · Rhyzobius chrysomeloides · Azure Damselfly · Four-spotted Chaser +31
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Variable DamselflyCoenagrion pulchellum
- Rhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloides
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,540 records · National Biodiversity NetworkShoveler · Woodpigeon · Robin · Wigeon · Magpie +36
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WigeonMareca penelope
- MagpiePica pica
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus2025
- Common TernSterna hirundo2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
- PintailAnas acuta2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- MerlinFalco columbarius2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects36 species
springsummer
2025▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Variable Damselfly · Rhyzobius chrysomeloides · Azure Damselfly · Four-spotted Chaser +31
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Variable DamselflyCoenagrion pulchellum
- Rhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloides
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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