Long Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
10 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome10 ha
Getting here
51.87268, -1.25019
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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ 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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £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 km7 signed routes nearby · 6 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
Oxford Canal WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Kidlington Circular Walk (Short Route)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Kidlington Circular WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
28 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network
NCN 51Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network
BR1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef BR1Local cycle route
Islip-HortonCycling route▾
Named routeXcn
BR21Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
National BywayCycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
4 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Photos
View across field towards Long Plantation
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Wildlife to spot
4,203 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,203 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRook · Grey Partridge · Cuckoo · House Sparrow · Starling +14
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great TitParus major
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- MagpiePica pica
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Common Shrew
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects96 species
springsummer
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · 14-spot Ladybird · Helophilus pendulus · Green Shieldbug +91
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,203 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRook · Grey Partridge · Cuckoo · House Sparrow · Starling +14
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great TitParus major
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- MagpiePica pica
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Common Shrew
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects96 species
springsummer
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · 14-spot Ladybird · Helophilus pendulus · Green Shieldbug +91
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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