Thurnmill Spinney - Broadleaved woodland
12 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome12 ha
Getting here
52.38481, -1.27599
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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
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
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby · 12 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
38 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 route20 m▾
Named routeRef 41Length 20 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route2 km▾
Named routeRef 41Length 2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
26,757 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
26,757 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPied Wagtail · Jackdaw · Chiffchaff · Green Woodpecker · Blackcap +8
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
🐝Insects2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Legnotus limbosus · Glow-worm
- Legnotus limbosusLegnotus limbosus
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
Garlic Mustard · False Oat-grass · Dandelion · Cow Parsley · Greater Plantain +123
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Greater PlantainPlantago major
- Lesser BurdockArctium minus
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
26,757 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPied Wagtail · Jackdaw · Chiffchaff · Green Woodpecker · Blackcap +8
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
🐝Insects2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Legnotus limbosus · Glow-worm
- Legnotus limbosusLegnotus limbosus
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
Garlic Mustard · False Oat-grass · Dandelion · Cow Parsley · Greater Plantain +123
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Greater PlantainPlantago major
- Lesser BurdockArctium minus
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas