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Cuckoo Patch

✦ Ancient woodland14 ha

📷 Peter Whatley · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome14 ha

Getting here

51.87929, -1.38144

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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
  • 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, House Sparrow +55 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, House Sparrow +55 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Small White, Meadow Brown, Ringlet +64 more · last seen 2024

Free

Seasonal nature

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Cock's-foot, False Oat-grass, Bramble +61 more · last seen 2023

Free

Foraging

Plants — Bramble, Common Nettle, Hawthorn +5 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Heritage

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

6 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
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
The Roman WayWalking route274.5 km
Named routeLength 274.5 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

33 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route
Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network
Cotswold Line Cycle RouteCycling route
Named routeRef 442National Cycle Network
National Byway (Oxon and Glos)Cycling route
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route368 m
Named routeRef 5Length 368 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route2.2 km
Named routeRef 5Length 2.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route75 m
Named routeRef 5Length 75 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

Photos

A44 - Fast downhill in the Glyme valley

📷 Peter Whatley · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

A44 - Fast downhill in the Glyme valley

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🌱Woodstock Town WatermeadowsUrban park3.5 km→✦Blenheim PalaceHistoric site3.6 km→✦DITCHLEY PARKHistoric site3.6 km→🌱Blenheim ParkUrban park3.6 km→✦BLENHEIM PALACEHistoric site3.6 km→✦KIDDINGTON HALLHistoric site3.1 km→

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