Madam Hindes's Spinney - Broadleaved woodland
23 ha
🦅Birds🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome23 ha
Getting here
51.83618, -1.29211
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 73m away — 6 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 73m away — 6 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh priority habitat
Free
〰Waterside walks
Good match
Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby · 35 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
83 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
Cutteslowe-IslipCycling route▾
Named routeXcn
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Wildlife to spot
13,111 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
13,111 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRedwing · Goldfinch · Long-tailed Tit · Magpie · Robin +42
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Great TitParus major2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
springautumn
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Common Earwig · Limnephilidae · Dock Bug · Syrphus · Green Shieldbug +4
- Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.
- LimnephilidaeLimnephilidae
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,111 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRedwing · Goldfinch · Long-tailed Tit · Magpie · Robin +42
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Great TitParus major2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
springautumn
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Common Earwig · Limnephilidae · Dock Bug · Syrphus · Green Shieldbug +4
- Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.
- LimnephilidaeLimnephilidae
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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