Thurnmill Spinney - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
52.37786, -1.27659
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 77m away — 10 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 77m away — 10 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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Oxford Canal WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Shakespeare's Avon WayWalking route142 km▾
From the source at Naseby, Northamptonshire to the Severn at Tewkesbury
Named routeRef SAWLength 142 kmRegional walking route
ACW Circular Walk 10Walking route▾
Named routeRef C10Listed length 13.5 kmLocal walking route
ACW Circular Walk 10A (short-cut for C10)Walking route▾
Named routeRef C10ALocal walking route
ACW Circular Walk 12C (an even shorter [4 mile total] short-cut route than route A, devised for use on the WWF 7-Jun-2005 event)Walking route▾
Named routeRef C12CLocal walking route
48 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 41Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network
Viaduct CyclewayCycling route▾
Ways signed by route signs as part of the Viaduct Cycleway
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 53Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 53National Cycle Network
N/ACycling route214 m▾
Named routeLength 214 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.9 km▾
Named routeRef 41Length 2.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route20 m▾
Named routeRef 41Length 20 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
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Wildlife to spot
20,108 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
20,108 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPied Wagtail · Blackcap · Collared Dove · Jackdaw · Coot +6
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
🐝Insects3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Birch Shieldbug · Glow-worm · Legnotus limbosus
- Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Legnotus limbosusLegnotus limbosus
Garlic Mustard · False Oat-grass · Dandelion · Cow Parsley · Hedera helix +123
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Hedera helixHedera helix
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
20,108 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPied Wagtail · Blackcap · Collared Dove · Jackdaw · Coot +6
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
🐝Insects3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Birch Shieldbug · Glow-worm · Legnotus limbosus
- Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Legnotus limbosusLegnotus limbosus
Garlic Mustard · False Oat-grass · Dandelion · Cow Parsley · Hedera helix +123
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Hedera helixHedera helix
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas