Madam Hindes's Spinney - Broadleaved woodland
6 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
51.83662, -1.30247
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 81m away — 8 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 81m away — 8 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
Named hiking route nearby: European walking route E2 west, UK, South East England
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby · 20 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
Wychwood WayWalking route59.5 km▾
Named routeLength 59.5 kmRegional walking route
Sparrowgap Bridgepublic footpath · 20 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 20 mPath type: footway
Canal Roadpublic footpath · 41 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 41 mSurface gravelPath type: service
81 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
Islip-HortonCycling route▾
Named routeXcn
A40 Cycle PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Blenheim Community PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Cotswold Line Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 442National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
15,577 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
15,577 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRedwing · Greenfinch · Goldfinch · Blackbird · Long-tailed Tit +34
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Weasel
🐸Amphibians1 species
springautumn
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects9 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Earwig · Limnephilidae · Dock Bug · Parent Bug · Syrphus +4
- Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.
- LimnephilidaeLimnephilidae
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Parent BugElasmucha grisea
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
15,577 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRedwing · Greenfinch · Goldfinch · Blackbird · Long-tailed Tit +34
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Weasel
🐸Amphibians1 species
springautumn
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects9 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Earwig · Limnephilidae · Dock Bug · Parent Bug · Syrphus +4
- Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.
- LimnephilidaeLimnephilidae
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Parent BugElasmucha grisea
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Red-legged Shieldbug
Red-legged Shieldbug
Pentatoma rufipes
Pentatoma rufipes
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneusField GrasshopperChorthippus brunneusLong-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscusLong-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscusEvents & activities nearby
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