Blackwell Wood - Broadleaved woodland
14 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🌿Foraging🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome14 ha
Getting here
52.10680, -1.45697
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Upton House car park 56m away — 4 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Upton House car park 56m away — 4 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km11 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Centenary WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef CWListed length 100 miRegional walking route
Cotswold LinkWalking route34 km▾
Named routeLength 34 kmRegional walking route
Cross Cotswold PathwayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Macmillan WayWalking route290 km▾
Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route
D'Arcy Dalton WayWalking route107 km▾
Follows roughly the western boundary of Oxfordshire in unspoilt countryside.
Named routeLength 107 kmRegional walking route
7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Fosse2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 48National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route2.3 km▾
Named routeRef 48Length 2.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 48Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.6 km▾
Named routeRef 48Length 1.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route9.4 km▾
Named routeRef 48Length 9.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route4.3 km▾
Named routeRef 48Length 4.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Entrance gateway near Upton House
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Wildlife to spot
8,113 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,113 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
springautumnwinter
2025▾
Tawny Owl · Song Thrush · Raven · Kestrel · Little Grebe +40
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RavenCorvus corax
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- CootFulica atra
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Corvus corax coraxCorvus corax corax
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Brown Hare · Natterer's Bat
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri2024
🐝Insects13 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Small White · Large White · Speckled Wood · Southern Hawker · 7-spot Ladybird +8
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
Shining Pondweed · Common Nettle · Bramble · Blackthorn · Cleavers +2
- Shining PondweedPotamogeton lucens
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Common SorrelRumex acetosa
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,113 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
springautumnwinter
2025▾
Tawny Owl · Song Thrush · Raven · Kestrel · Little Grebe +40
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RavenCorvus corax
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- CootFulica atra
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Corvus corax coraxCorvus corax corax
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Brown Hare · Natterer's Bat
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri2024
🐝Insects13 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Small White · Large White · Speckled Wood · Southern Hawker · 7-spot Ladybird +8
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
Shining Pondweed · Common Nettle · Bramble · Blackthorn · Cleavers +2
- Shining PondweedPotamogeton lucens
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Common SorrelRumex acetosa
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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