Claydon Memorial Garden
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Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
52.14540, -1.33070
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Mute Swan
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Mute Swan
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mallard, Mute Swan, Moorhen +74 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Mallard, Mute Swan, Moorhen +74 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Orange-tip, Red Admiral, Small White +47 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Oxford Canal WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Centenary WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef CWListed length 100 miRegional walking route
Jurassic WayWalking route142 km▾
Named routeLength 142 kmRegional 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
5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Fosse2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 48National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route714 m▾
Named routeRef 48Length 714 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route9.4 km▾
Named routeRef 48Length 9.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route4.6 km▾
Named routeLength 4.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route5.5 km▾
Named routeRef 48Length 5.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
4,331 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,331 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Mute Swan · Mallard · Great Crested Grebe · Black-headed Gull · Grey Heron +47
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- CootFulica atra2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Common GullLarus canus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
🐝Insects18 species
springsummer
2025▾
Hairy Dragonfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Ruddy Darter · Black-tailed Skimmer · Common Blue Damselfly +13
- Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
- Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,331 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Mute Swan · Mallard · Great Crested Grebe · Black-headed Gull · Grey Heron +47
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- CootFulica atra2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Common GullLarus canus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
🐝Insects18 species
springsummer
2025▾
Hairy Dragonfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Ruddy Darter · Black-tailed Skimmer · Common Blue Damselfly +13
- Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
- Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2023
2023
Southern HawkerAeshna cyaneaSouthern HawkerAeshna cyaneaWillow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridisWillow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridisMigrant HawkerAeshna mixtaMigrant HawkerAeshna mixtaBrown HawkerAeshna grandisBrown HawkerAeshna grandisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisCantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2024Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2024Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2023Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2023Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum2023Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum2023White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2023White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2023Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2023Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2023Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2023Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2023Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2023Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2023