Holly Grove - Broadleaved woodland
10 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome10 ha
Getting here
51.83449, -1.47447
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
- 🅿️Parking 401m away — 2 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
- 🅿️Parking 401m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
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
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Broadleaved woodland — spring blossom and autumn colour
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
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
Wychwood WayWalking route59.5 km▾
Named routeLength 59.5 kmRegional walking route
The Roman WayWalking route274.5 km▾
Named routeLength 274.5 kmRegional walking route
European walking route E2 west, UK, South East EnglandWalking route▾
Westroute: Stranraer (UK) - Birminhgham (UK) - Calais (FR) - Zoersel (BE) / Eastroute: Stranraer (UK) - Harwich (UK) - Rotterdam (NL) - Zoersel (BE) / Both Routes: Zoersel (BE) - Maastrich (NL) - Luxembourg (LUX) - Lake Geneva (CH) - Nice (FR)
Named routeRef E2International walking route
50 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
A40 Cycle PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 57Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 57National Cycle Network
Cotswold Line Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 442National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 57Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 57National Cycle Network
National Byway (Oxon and Glos)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Witney to Long Hanborough Cycle PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
11,969 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
11,969 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBarn Owl · House Sparrow · Robin · Blackbird · Woodpigeon +35
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
🦌Mammals5 species
springautumnwinter
2024▾
Fallow Deer · Brown Long-eared Bat · Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Muntjac
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2023
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
22-spot Ladybird · Glow-worm · 2-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Bombadier Beetle +3
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2024
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Bombadier BeetleBrachinus crepitans
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
11,969 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBarn Owl · House Sparrow · Robin · Blackbird · Woodpigeon +35
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
🦌Mammals5 species
springautumnwinter
2024▾
Fallow Deer · Brown Long-eared Bat · Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Muntjac
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2023
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
22-spot Ladybird · Glow-worm · 2-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Bombadier Beetle +3
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2024
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Bombadier BeetleBrachinus crepitans
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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