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Broadstone Plantation

14 ha

📷 Roger Templeman · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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WildlifeBirdsSeasonal
Free entryDogs welcome14 ha

Getting here

51.92821, -1.48016

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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
  • 🌿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

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Raven, Barn Owl, Woodpigeon +74 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Raven, Barn Owl, Woodpigeon +74 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Cleavers, Pyramidal Orchid, Field Pansy +48 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Cleavers, Pyramidal Orchid, Field Pansy +48 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Red Admiral, Peacock, Large White +45 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Red Admiral, Peacock, Large White +45 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Common Chickweed, Bristly Oxtongue, Hogweed +1 more foraging species

Varies

Forest walks

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
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
Wychwood WayWalking route59.5 km
Named routeLength 59.5 kmRegional walking route
European walking route E2 west, UK, South East EnglandWalking route

Westroute: Stranraer (UK) - Birminhgham (UK) - Calais (FR) - Zoersel (BE) / Eastroute: Stranraer (UK) - Harwich (UK) - Rotterdam (NL) - Zoersel (BE) / Both Routes: Zoersel (BE) - Maastrich (NL) - Luxembourg (LUX) - Lake Geneva (CH) - Nice (FR)

Named routeRef E2International walking route
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Cycling

9 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Cotswold Line Cycle RouteCycling route
Named routeRef 442National Cycle Network
National Byway (Oxon and Glos)Cycling route
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route2.5 km
Named routeRef 442Length 2.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route430 m
Named routeRef 442Length 430 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.5 km
Named routeRef 442Length 1.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route1.9 km
Named routeRef 442Length 1.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Quarry east of Broadstone Plantation

📷 Roger Templeman · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Quarry east of Broadstone Plantation

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱Heythrop ParkUrban park1.1 km→✦HEYTHROP PARKHistoric site1.2 km→✦Romano-British rural settlement and Iron Age remains, on the eastern edge of Chipping NortonHistoric site3.9 km→🌱millennium gardenUrban park4.7 km→🌱Walled GardenUrban park1.3 km→⛪Chipping Norton Baptist ChurchReligious grounds5 km→

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