Wolvercote Mill Woodland - Conifer woodland
5 ha
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
51.79923, -1.31157
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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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ 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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Named hiking route nearby: Shakespeare's Way
Free
Conifer plantation — limited but present wildlife
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby · 20 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Oxford Green Belt WayWalking route87 km▾
Named routeLength 87 kmRegional walking route
Shakespeare's WayWalking route235 km▾
Named routeLength 235 kmRegional walking route
Oxford Canal WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Wychwood WayWalking route59.5 km▾
Named routeLength 59.5 kmRegional walking route
Kidlington Circular Walk (Short Route)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
125 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network
Cotswold Line Cycle Route (under development)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 442National Cycle Network
Route 9Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 9Local cycle route
Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1Local cycle route
A40 Cycle PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 57Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 57National Cycle Network
4 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Photos
Yarnton, St. Bartholomew's Church: Sir Thomas Spencer memorial (d.1684) white marble on black slate
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Wildlife to spot
10,435 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,435 records · National Biodiversity NetworkShoveler · Wigeon · Pochard · Mallard · Gadwall +20
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- WigeonMareca penelope
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus2025
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
- PintailAnas acuta2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MerlinFalco columbarius2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
Common Wainscot · Drinker · Brown-line Bright-eye · Dingy Footman · Shuttle-shaped Dart +74
- Common WainscotMythimna pallens
- DrinkerEuthrix potatoria
- Brown-line Bright-eyeMythimna conigera
- Dingy FootmanEilema griseola
- Shuttle-shaped DartAgrotis puta
- Shaded Broad-barScotopteryx chenopodiata
- UncertainHoplodrina octogenaria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,435 records · National Biodiversity NetworkShoveler · Wigeon · Pochard · Mallard · Gadwall +20
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- WigeonMareca penelope
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus2025
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
- PintailAnas acuta2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MerlinFalco columbarius2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
Common Wainscot · Drinker · Brown-line Bright-eye · Dingy Footman · Shuttle-shaped Dart +74
- Common WainscotMythimna pallens
- DrinkerEuthrix potatoria
- Brown-line Bright-eyeMythimna conigera
- Dingy FootmanEilema griseola
- Shuttle-shaped DartAgrotis puta
- Shaded Broad-barScotopteryx chenopodiata
- UncertainHoplodrina octogenaria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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