Grimsbury Woodland Reserve - Conifer woodland
3 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
52.07895, -1.32798
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
- 🌿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
- 🌞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
- £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
Signed route nearby
Oxford Canal WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Jurassic WayWalking route142 km▾
Named routeLength 142 kmRegional walking route
Cotswold LinkWalking route34 km▾
Named routeLength 34 kmRegional walking route
Cross Cotswold PathwayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
D'Arcy Dalton WayWalking route107 km▾
Follows roughly the western boundary of Oxfordshire in unspoilt countryside.
Named routeLength 107 kmRegional walking route
22 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route36 m▾
Named routeRef 5Length 36 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route374 m▾
Named routeRef 5Length 374 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route917 m▾
Named routeRef 5Length 917 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route16 m▾
Named routeRef 5Length 16 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route267 m▾
Named routeRef 5Length 267 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Photos
Woodland next to the Oxford Canal
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Wildlife to spot
38,333 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
38,333 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds20 species
winterspring
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Robin · Blue Tit · Blackbird +15
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- MagpiePica pica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great TitParus major
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Box Bug · 7-spot Ladybird · Gorse Weevil · Non-biting midges · Trichocera +1
- Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Gorse WeevilExapion ulicis
- Non-biting midgesChironomidae
- TrichoceraTrichocera
- Trichocera regelationisTrichocera regelationis
Sweet Violet · Red Dead-nettle · Common Field-speedwell · Common Chickweed · Hairy Bitter-cress +5
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
- Danish ScurvygrassCochlearia danica
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
38,333 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds20 species
winterspring
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Robin · Blue Tit · Blackbird +15
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- MagpiePica pica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great TitParus major
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Box Bug · 7-spot Ladybird · Gorse Weevil · Non-biting midges · Trichocera +1
- Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Gorse WeevilExapion ulicis
- Non-biting midgesChironomidae
- TrichoceraTrichocera
- Trichocera regelationisTrichocera regelationis
Sweet Violet · Red Dead-nettle · Common Field-speedwell · Common Chickweed · Hairy Bitter-cress +5
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
- Danish ScurvygrassCochlearia danica
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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